How many freight trains crossing collisions?

[TimePeace]

It seems like every few days we get a report of an Amtrak train being involved in a crossing collision. With such a much larger number of freights in service, I imagine that there must be many more collisions. Anyone know how many? Several a day?

 

[Tumbleweed]

Quite a bit of info here.... http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Query/gxrtally1.aspx

 

[GaSteve]

It seems like every few days we get a report of an Amtrak train being involved in a crossing collision. With such a much larger number of freights in service, I imagine that there must be many more collisions. Anyone know how many? Several a day?

The previous link has more detail, but with over 300 fatalities a year at crossings, there are quite a few.

 

[DET63]

It seems like every few days we get a report of an Amtrak train being involved in a crossing collision. With such a much larger number of freights in service, I imagine that there must be many more collisions. Anyone know how many? Several a day?

The previous link has more detail, but with over 300 fatalities a year at crossings, there are quite a few.

Nearly one a day, by my reckoning.

 

[George Harris]

It seems like every few days we get a report of an Amtrak train being involved in a crossing collision. With such a much larger number of freights in service, I imagine that there must be many more collisions. Anyone know how many? Several a day?

The previous link has more detail, but with over 300 fatalities a year at crossings, there are quite a few.

Nearly one a day, by my reckoning.

Which is still a small fraction of the total death toll from road accidents,