kelly-hill company rail safety infographic
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FREIGHT RAIL SAFETYRAILROADS HAVE A STRONG SAFETY RECORD FOR MOVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WITH OF THE APPROXIMATELY MILLION CARLOADS OF HAZMAT SUCCESSFULLY REACHING THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WITHOUT A RELEASE CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT.
99.997% 1.7
Carloads of crude oil on Class I Railroads went from under 75k to over 375k in the past 8 years 75k
375k
HUMAN-CAUSED ACCIDENTS ARE
DOWN
38%TRACK DEFECTS
ARE DOWN
37%
EQU
IPM
ENT D
EFEC
TS
AR
E D
OW
N
41%
Since 2008... THE AVERAGE TRAINING TIME BEFORE AN
ENGINEER IS CERTIFIED TO DRIVE A TRAIN IS 2 Y
EA
RS
$550 BILLION
Most of our nation’s
R&D for rail technology
is developed or refined at
Transportation Technology
Center (TCI) in
Pueblo,Colorado
Train accidents in 2013 were caused by
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Human Factor
37%
Track31%
Miscellaneous15%
Equipment12% Signal
3%
Sources:http://www.fra.dot.gov/Elib/Details/L04936https://www.aar.org/safety/Pages/default.aspx#.UzsGnqhdUoMhttp://freightrailworks.org/advancesafety/https://www.aar.org/safety/Documents/Assets/images/energy_independence_chart.png
Since 1980, $550
Billion in private
investments in
freight rail have
been to upgrade
and maintain rail.
Train accidents
since 1980 are
down 79%, rail
employee injuries
are down 84%
and grade crossing
collisions are
down 80%.
&96% OF ALL RAIL FATALITIES ARE FROM TRESPASSING AND HIGHWAY RAIL, 4% ARE WORKER ON DUTY, RAIL PASSENGER, CONTRACTOR, OR NON-PASSENGER.