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

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   Texas  11.1%
   Illinois  9%
   California  8%
   Indiana  5.6%
   Louisiana  4.6%
   Florida  4%
   Ohio  4%
   Minnesota  3.4%
   Mississippi  2.8%
   Oklahoma  3.1%
   Missouri  2.8%
   Kentucky  2.5%
   Tennessee  2.5%
   New York  2.5%
   Michigan  2.2%
   Georgia  2.2%
   New Jersey  2.2%
   Virginia  2.2%
   Arkansas  2.2%
   Washington  1.9%


Rank   States  Amount 
# 1   Texas: 36 
# 2   Illinois: 29 
# 3   California: 26 
# 4   Indiana: 18 
# 5   Louisiana: 15 
= 6   Florida: 13 
= 6   Ohio: 13 
# 8   Minnesota: 11 
= 9   Alabama: 10 
= 9   Oklahoma: 10 
= 11   Mississippi:
= 11   Missouri:
= 13   Kentucky:
= 13   Tennessee:
= 13   New York:
= 16   Michigan:
= 16   Georgia:
= 16   New Jersey:
= 16   Virginia:
= 16   Arkansas:
= 21   Washington:
= 21   North Dakota:
= 21   Arizona:
= 24   Nebraska:
= 24   South Carolina:
= 26   Wisconsin:
= 26   North Carolina:
= 26   Montana:
= 29   Oregon:
= 29   Kansas:
= 29   Iowa:
= 29   New Mexico:
= 29   Pennsylvania:
= 29   West Virginia:
= 35   Wyoming:
= 35   Idaho:
= 37   Maine:
= 37   Colorado:
= 37   Nevada:
= 37   South Dakota:
= 41   New Hampshire:
= 41   Connecticut:
= 41   Alaska:
= 41   District of Columbia:
= 41   Utah:
= 41   Delaware:
= 41   Maryland:
= 41   Hawaii:
= 41   Rhode Island:
= 41   Massachusetts:
= 41   Vermont:
Total: 324  
Weighted average: 6.4  



DEFINITION: Number of fatalities 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

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