Transport Yearbook 2017

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 155 76 89 82 95 92
by type of victim
passengers 16 4 9 16 20 5
railway employees 8 2 4 10 6 8
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 131 70 76 56 69 79
by type of accident
Collisions 2 0 1 4 14 4
Derailments 10 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 79 41 55 48 40 48
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 64 35 33 28 38 40
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 2 3 0
 
Killed (number) 48 24 29 29 34 34
by type of victim
passengers 2 0 2 6 4 1
railway employees 5 1 1 2 1 1
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 41 23 26 21 29 32
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 0 1 0 0
Derailments 1 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 34 15 23 21 23 20
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 12 9 6 6 11 14
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 1 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 107 52 60 53 61 58
by type of victim
passengers 14 4 7 10 16 4
railway employees 3 1 3 8 5 7
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 90 47 50 35 40 47
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 1 3 14 4
Derailments 9 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 45 26 32 27 17 28
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 52 26 27 22 27 26
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 0 0 0 1 3 0

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DI