Transport Yearbook 2013

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 337 118 155 103 92 76
by type of victim
passengers 26 10 16 18 9 4
railway employees 10 2 8 7 5 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 301 106 131 78 78 70
by type of accident
Collisions 1 1 2 5 0 0
Derailments 0 0 10 6 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 89 54 79 39 55 41
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 237 63 64 52 37 35
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 10 0 0 1 0 0
 
Killed (number) 251 26 48 29 26 24
by type of victim
passengers 2 1 2 5 2 0
railway employees 4 0 5 3 3 1
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 245 25 41 21 21 23
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 1 1 0 0
Derailments 0 0 1 1 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 53 21 34 17 19 15
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 194 5 12 10 7 9
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 3 0 0 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 86 92 107 74 66 52
by type of victim
passengers 24 9 14 13 7 4
railway employees 6 2 3 4 2 1
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 56 81 90 57 57 47
by type of accident
Collisions 0 1 1 4 0 0
Derailments 0 0 9 5 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 36 33 45 22 36 26
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 43 58 52 42 30 26
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 7 0 0 1 0 0

1) Since 2006 suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI