Transport Yearbook 2012

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 337 183 118 155 103 92
by type of victim
passengers 26 53 10 16 18 9
railway employees 10 8 2 8 7 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 301 122 106 131 78 78
by type of accident
Collisions 1 39 1 2 5 0
Derailments 0 0 0 10 6 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 89 68 54 79 39 55
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 237 75 63 64 52 37
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 10 1 0 0 1 0
 
Killed (number) 251 44 26 48 29 26
by type of victim
passengers 2 13 1 2 5 2
railway employees 4 4 0 5 3 3
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 245 27 25 41 21 21
by type of accident
Collisions 1 10 0 1 1 0
Derailments 0 0 0 1 1 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 53 25 21 34 17 19
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 194 9 5 12 10 7
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 3 0 0 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 86 139 92 107 74 66
by type of victim
passengers 24 40 9 14 13 7
railway employees 6 4 2 3 4 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 56 95 81 90 57 57
by type of accident
Collisions 0 29 1 1 4 0
Derailments 0 0 0 9 5 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 36 43 33 45 22 36
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 43 66 58 52 42 30
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 7 1 0 0 1 0

1) Since 2006 suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI