RAILROAD ACCIDENT DATA

The yearly data is separated into three files: Train accidents, Non-train accidents and Train service accidents. From these files, several statistical tables were produced. Examples are 1. Train accident severity ratings for important track cause codes, 2. Train accidents by railroad company, 3. Absolute yearly and normalized yearly rail-caused train accidents by state. Data covers period 1967-1974.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ADP Source: 9 Tapes, 9-track, 800 BPI, ASCII.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annual; Crash analysis; Defects; Modems; Rail (Railroads); Railroad tracks; Safety and security; Sets; Statistics; Transportation safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00320316
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Files: TSR, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM