Transport Yearbook 2015

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 155 103 92 76 89 82
by type of victim
passengers 16 18 9 4 9 16
railway employees 8 7 5 2 4 10
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 131 78 78 70 76 56
by type of accident
Collisions 2 5 0 0 1 4
Derailments 10 6 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 79 39 55 41 55 48
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 64 52 37 35 33 28
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 1 0 0 0 2
 
Killed (number) 48 29 26 24 29 29
by type of victim
passengers 2 5 2 0 2 6
railway employees 5 3 3 1 1 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 41 21 21 23 26 21
by type of accident
Collisions 1 1 0 0 0 1
Derailments 1 1 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 34 17 19 15 23 21
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 12 10 7 9 6 6
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 0 0 1
 
Seriously injured (number) 107 74 66 52 60 53
by type of victim
passengers 14 13 7 4 7 10
railway employees 3 4 2 1 3 8
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 90 57 57 47 50 35
by type of accident
Collisions 1 4 0 0 1 3
Derailments 9 5 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 45 22 36 26 32 27
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 52 42 30 26 27 22
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 1 0 0 0 1

1) suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI