Transport Yearbook 2018

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 155 89 82 95 92 83
by type of victim
passengers 16 9 16 20 5 5
railway employees 8 4 10 6 8 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 131 76 56 69 79 73
by type of accident
Collisions 2 1 4 14 4 6
Derailments 10 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 79 55 48 40 48 52
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 64 33 28 38 40 25
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 2 3 0 0
 
Killed (number) 48 29 29 34 34 28
by type of victim
passengers 2 2 6 4 1 0
railway employees 5 1 2 1 1 0
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 41 26 21 29 32 28
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 1 0 0 0
Derailments 1 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 34 23 21 23 20 21
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 12 6 6 11 14 7
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 1 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 107 60 53 61 58 55
by type of victim
passengers 14 7 10 16 4 5
railway employees 3 3 8 5 7 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 90 50 35 40 47 45
by type of accident
Collisions 1 1 3 14 4 6
Derailments 9 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 45 32 27 17 28 31
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 52 27 22 27 26 18
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 1 3 0 0

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI