Transport Yearbook 2014

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 337 155 103 92 76 89
by type of victim
passengers 26 16 18 9 4 9
railway employees 10 8 7 5 2 4
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 301 131 78 78 70 76
by type of accident
Collisions 1 2 5 0 0 1
Derailments 0 10 6 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 89 79 39 55 41 55
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 237 64 52 37 35 33
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 10 0 1 0 0 0
 
Killed (number) 251 48 29 26 24 29
by type of victim
passengers 2 2 5 2 0 2
railway employees 4 5 3 3 1 1
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 245 41 21 21 23 26
by type of accident
Collisions 1 1 1 0 0 0
Derailments 0 1 1 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 53 34 17 19 15 23
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 194 12 10 7 9 6
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 3 0 0 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 86 107 74 66 52 60
by type of victim
passengers 24 14 13 7 4 7
railway employees 6 3 4 2 1 3
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 56 90 57 57 47 50
by type of accident
Collisions 0 1 4 0 0 1
Derailments 0 9 5 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 36 45 22 36 26 32
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 43 52 42 30 26 27
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 7 0 1 0 0 0

1) Since 2006 suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI