Transport Yearbook 2019

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 155 82 95 92 83 80
by type of victim
passengers 16 16 20 5 5 4
railway employees 8 10 6 8 5 4
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 131 56 69 79 73 72
by type of accident
Collisions 2 4 14 4 6 2
Derailments 10 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 79 48 40 48 52 53
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 64 28 38 40 25 25
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 2 3 0 0 0
 
Killed (number) 48 29 34 34 28 30
by type of victim
passengers 2 6 4 1 0 1
railway employees 5 2 1 1 0 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 41 21 29 32 28 27
by type of accident
Collisions 1 1 0 0 0 0
Derailments 1 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 34 21 23 20 21 23
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 12 6 11 14 7 7
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 1 0 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 107 53 61 58 55 50
by type of victim
passengers 14 10 16 4 5 3
railway employees 3 8 5 7 5 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 90 35 40 47 45 45
by type of accident
Collisions 1 3 14 4 6 2
Derailments 9 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 45 27 17 28 31 30
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 52 22 27 26 18 18
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 1 3 0 0 0

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DÚ