SAFETY'S STRANGEST YEAR

As a result of increased publicity, railway safety was extremely critized during 1974 despite the fewest fatalities among employees ever recorded. The year did show a large increase in derailments but better reporting and more business may have increased the number significantly. Trucking safety is as bad, or worse, than railways but they don't receive the same criticism or bad publicity. The article includes a five year chart (1969-1973) of train accidents for the railway industry.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 54-57
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: K-III Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash reports; Crashes; Safety
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM