Transport Yearbook 2008

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

	2000	2004	2005	20061)	2007	2008
Total number victims (killed and injured)	229	445	507	283	283	268
by type of victim
passengers	15	46	93	66	94	116
railway employees	19	9	26	15	15	17
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks)	195	390	388	202	174	135
by type of accident
Collisions	*	38	20	14	42	104
Derailments	*	0	1	7	4	0
Accidents involving level-crossings	*	184	155	155	132	88
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion	*	218	270	107	100	75
Fires in rolling stock	*	0	2	0	2	0
others	*	5	59	0	3	1
Killed (number)	74	232	251	52	25	44
by type of victim
passengers	0	5	2	4	0	13
railway employees	2	3	4	1	1	4
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks)	72	224	245	47	24	27
by type of accident
Collisions	*	2	1	0	1	10
Derailments	*	0	0	0	0	0
Accidents involving level-crossings	*	57	53	31	23	25
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion	*	171	194	21	1	9
Fires in rolling stock	*	0	0	0	0	0
others	*	2	3	0	0	0
Injured (number)	155	213	256	231	258	224
by type of victim
passengers	15	41	91	62	94	103
railway employees	17	6	22	14	14	13
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks)	123	166	143	155	150	108
by type of accident
Collisions	*	36	19	14	41	94
Derailments	*	0	1	7	4	0
Accidents involving level-crossings	*	127	102	124	109	63
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion	*	47	76	86	99	66
Fires in rolling stock	*	0	2	0	2	0
others	*	3	56	0	3	1

1) suicides and attempted suicides excluded

Source: DI

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