ANALYSIS OF NINE YEARS OF RAILROAD ACCIDENT DATA 1966-1974, (1976)

This report presents an analysis of train accident and train service accident data for the years 1966 through 1974. The analysis was designed to identify the effects of such factors as inflation, reporting thresholds, changes in railroad traffic and bankrupt carriers on the trends of accident statistics. Accident cause categories were then ranked year by year based on an index which took account of both the frequency or number of accidents in each cause category and the severity of the accidents in that category.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Publication Date: 1976

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rail (Railroads); Safety and security; Transportation safety
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00321029
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Files: TSR
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM