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According to Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) data, 6,204 people were fatally injured on railroad property between 2012 and 2017. Trespassing on railroad rights-of-way (ROWs) rather than at a highway–rail crossing is the leading cause of railroad-related death—accounting for 44% of all railroad-related fatalities. Suicide on railroad property is the second-leading cause of death, followed by fatalities that are due to non-suicide-related highway–rail crossing collisions. Of particular note is that, between 2012 and 2017, the rate of total fatalities per million train miles of operation increased by 19.6%.

English

pp 18-19

2019-7

TR News

Digital/other

Figures; Tables

Fatalities; Railroad crashes; Right of way (Land); Suicide; Trend (Statistics); Trespassers

United States

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 14 2019 9:27AM

• Artificial Intelligence–Aided Automated Detection of Railroad Trespassing
• Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Community-Based Trespass Prevention Model
• FRA’s Total Fatalities Figures Do Not Count All Deaths
• Rail Trespassing and Suicide: What Can Be Done to Improve Safety?
• Safety Education and Community Outreach Initiatives for Trespasser Prevention: Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road
• Scope and Trend of U.S. Rail Trespassing and Suicide Fatalities
• Toward Railroad Trespassing Solutions