Transport Yearbook 2016

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 155 92 76 89 82 95
by type of victim
passengers 16 9 4 9 16 20
railway employees 8 5 2 4 10 6
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 131 78 70 76 56 69
by type of accident
Collisions 2 0 0 1 4 14
Derailments 10 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 79 55 41 55 48 40
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 64 37 35 33 28 38
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 0 2 3
 
Killed (number) 48 26 24 29 29 34
by type of victim
passengers 2 2 0 2 6 4
railway employees 5 3 1 1 2 1
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 41 21 23 26 21 29
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 0 0 1 0
Derailments 1 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 34 19 15 23 21 23
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 12 7 9 6 6 11
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 0 1 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 107 66 52 60 53 61
by type of victim
passengers 14 7 4 7 10 16
railway employees 3 2 1 3 8 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 90 57 47 50 35 40
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 0 1 3 14
Derailments 9 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 45 36 26 32 27 17
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 52 30 26 27 22 27
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 0 1 3

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI