Way to go Canada Grain trains! I read there are 3-4 derailments in Canada DAILY!!!
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A total of 1,023 rail accidents under federal jurisdiction were reported to the TSB in 2011, a 5% decrease from the 2010 total of 1,076 and a 15% decrease from the 2006-2010 average of 1,198.
Rail activity1 (as measured by million train-miles) is estimated to have increased 1.3% from 2010 but decreased 3.6% from the five-year average. The accident rate is 12 accidents per million train-miles in 2011, compared to 12.8 in 2010 and the five-year rate of 13.6.
Rail-related fatalities totaled 71 in 2011, compared to 81 in 2010 and to the five-year average of 81.
In 2011, a total of 204 rail incidents were reported under the TSB mandatory reporting requirements, up from 160 in 2010 but comparable to the five-year average of 205.