Collisions & Casualties by Year
Below are statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA - part of the U.S. Department of Transportation) showing vehicle-train collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings for the years 1981-2023.
For more federal statistics, visit the Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Safety Data Portal.
UPDATED 8/15/24
All Highway-Rail Incidents at Public and Private Crossings, 2023-1981
Source: Federal Railroad Administration
| Year | Collisions | Fatalities | Injuries | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023* | 2,192 | 247 | 766 | |||||||||||
| 2022* | 2,213 | 272 | 851 | |||||||||||
| 2021* | 2,154 | 230 | 690 | |||||||||||
| 2020* | 1,904 | 194 | 705 | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 2,240 | 290 | 846 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 2,239 | 258 | 849 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 2,124 | 271 | 848 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 2,050 | 255 | 853 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 2,080 | 237 | 1,047 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2,296 | 262 | 871 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 2,101 | 232 | 975 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 1,985 | 230 | 974 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2,061 | 250 | 1,045 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 2,051 | 260 | 887 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 1,934 | 249 | 743 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 2,429 | 290 | 992 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | 2,776 | 339 | 1,062 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 2,936 | 369 | 1,070 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 3,057 | 359 | 1,051 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 3,077 | 372 | 1,092 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 2,977 | 334 | 1,035 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 3,077 | 357 | 999 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 3,237 | 421 | 1,157 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 3,502 | 425 | 1,219 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 3,489 | 402 | 1,396 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | 3,508 | 431 | 1,303 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 3,865 | 461 | 1,540 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 4,257 | 488 | 1,610 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 4,633 | 579 | 1,894 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 4,979 | 615 | 1,961 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 4,892 | 626 | 1,837 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 4,910 | 579 | 1,975 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 5,388 | 608 | 2,094 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 5,715 | 698 | 2,407 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 6,526 | 801 | 2,868 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 6,617 | 689 | 2,589 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 6,426 | 624 | 2,429 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 6,513 | 616 | 2,458 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 7,073 | 582 | 2,687 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 7,456 | 649 | 2,910 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | 7,305 | 575 | 2,623 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 7,932 | 607 | 2,637 | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 9,461 | 728 | 3,293 |