Highway-Rail Grade Crossings injuries by state. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2003, Washington, DC: 2004

DEFINITION
Number of injuries caused by collisions or accidents at highway-rail grade crossings. NOTE: Any impact, regardless of severity, between railroad on-track equipment and any user of a public or private crossing site must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration on Form F 6180.57. The crossing site includes sidewalks and pathways at, or associated with, the crossing. Counts of fatalities and injuries include motor vehicle occupants, people not in vehicles or on the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.

Transportation Statistics > Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Injuries (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Texas:

104

# 2

Illinois:

# 3

California:

# 4

Ohio:

= 5

Georgia:

= 5

Mississippi:

# 7

Louisiana:

# 8

Alabama:

# 9

Indiana:

# 10

Florida:

# 11

Missouri:

# 12

Oklahoma:

# 13

Wisconsin:

= 14

Kansas:

= 14

Michigan:

# 16

Minnesota:

# 17

Arkansas:

# 18

Kentucky:

= 19

Virginia:

= 19

South Carolina:

# 21

West Virginia:

= 22

Iowa:

= 22

Tennessee:

# 24

North Carolina:

= 25

New Jersey:

= 25

Pennsylvania:

# 27

Nebraska:

= 28

Colorado:

= 28

Washington:

# 30

North Dakota:

= 31

New Mexico:

= 31

New York:

= 31

Oregon:

= 34

Utah:

= 34

South Dakota:

= 36

Idaho:

= 36

Delaware:

= 36

Arizona:

= 36

Montana:

= 36

Maryland:

= 41

Maine:

= 41

Massachusetts:

= 43

Vermont:

= 43

Nevada:

= 43

Wyoming:

# 46

Alaska:

= 47

New Hampshire:

= 47

District of Columbia:

= 47

Connecticut:

= 47

Hawaii:

= 47

Rhode Island:

Total:

997

Weighted average:

19.5

DEFINITION: Number of injuries caused by collisions or accidents at highway-rail grade crossings. NOTE: Any impact, regardless of severity, between railroad on-track equipment and any user of a public or private crossing site must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration on Form F 6180.57. The crossing site includes sidewalks and pathways at, or associated with, the crossing. Counts of fatalities and injuries include motor vehicle occupants, people not in vehicles or on the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2003, Washington, DC: 2004 via StateMaster

Transportation Statistics > Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Injuries (most recent) by state

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