Transport Yearbook 2023

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2015 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 82 80 94 106 86 86
by type of victim
passengers 16 4 14 9 1 14
railway employees 10 4 5 7 6 7
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 56 72 75 90 79 65
by type of accident
Collisions 4 2 16 12 1 1
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 48 53 53 48 47 50
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 28 25 25 46 35 35
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 2 0 0 0 3 0
 
Killed (number) 29 30 34 35 22 30
by type of victim
passengers 6 1 2 2 0 2
railway employees 2 2 2 5 2 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 21 27 30 28 20 26
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 4 4 1 0
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 21 23 21 16 16 17
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 6 7 9 15 4 13
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 1 0 0 0 1 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 53 50 60 71 64 56
by type of victim
passengers 10 3 12 7 1 12
railway employees 8 2 3 2 4 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 35 45 45 62 59 39
by type of accident
Collisions 3 2 12 8 0 1
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 27 30 32 32 31 33
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 22 18 16 31 31 22
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 1 0 0 0 2 0

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DÚ