TABLE 20.— TRAIN ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE ERROR AND OTHER FACTORS, 1961-66 1 All causes other than equipment defects, roadway detects, and employee error. Source of Basic Data: Interstate Commerce Commission, Accident Bulletin, Nos. 130-134, and statement M-300 : Departmont of TABLE 21.--RAILROAD COLLISIONS, 1961-67 Number of Average collisions per month Collision rate 1 982 81.8 1.07 1.09 1.18 1961. 1962 1963. 1964: First 4 months. Last 8 months (arbitration award No. 282). 1965. 1966. 1967 (first 8 months). 999 1,091 359 870 1, 380 1,552 1,007 89.8 108.8 115,0 129.3 125.9 1.17 1. 39 1. 46 1.63 1.65 1 Collision accident rate per 1,000,000 locomotive and motor-train miles. 2 Became effective May 1, 1964. Source of basic data: Interstate Commerce Commission, Statement M-400, Statement M-300, and Transport Statistics in the United States. TABLE 22.--NUMBER OF TRAIN ACCIDENTS RESULTING FROM EMPLOYEE .ERROR, ALL.U.S. RAILROADS, 1961-66 Total.. 1, 225 1,249 1,435 1,571 1, 741 1, 999 1 Preliminary. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission Accident Bulletins. Nos. 130-134; Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. 1 TABLE 23.-UNIT WAGE COST, MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEES, CLASS I LINE-HAUL RAILROADS, 1961-67 Total wage Index Total wage Index 961. 1962 1963. 1964 1965. 1966 1967. $947.39 998. 54 100.00 99.97 $18.65 100.00 MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEES 1961. 1962. 1963. 1964 1965. 1966. 1967. $1,584.94 1, 608.90 1,586, 20 1,579.31 1,618.20 1,634.12 1,732.40 100.00 101.51 100.08 99.65 $31.21 100.00 Source of basic data : Interstate Commerce Commission, Transport Statistics in the United States, statement Q-210 and statement A-300. TABLE 24.-CHARGEOUT PRICES OF RAILROAD MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES EXCLUDING FUEL, CLASS I LINE-HAUL RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-67 Year Material and supplies Index 1961. 1962. 1963. 1964. 1965. 1966. 1967 1 103.7 103.1 102.8 103.7 104.5 106.3 110.1 100.0 99.4 99.1 100.0 100.8 102.5 106.2 1 Preliminary. TABLE 25.—NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES AT RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS, 1961-66 (000) Casualties in Grade-Crossing Accidents obegnila ! 702 70 0 01 (000) Injuries B udha Killed 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Rail-Highway Grade Ci ossing Accidents, for, the Year Ended December 31, 1965, TABLE 26. --CAUSES OF RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE-CROSSING ACCIDENTS, 19661 Cause Number of Total persons Killed Injured Pedestrian struck by locomotive or car.. accident.... 39 11 1,027 3 205 32 6 1,208 62 194 18 3 Total.. 4,097 1, 780 4,043 1 Preliminary. TABLE 27.-TRAIN ACCIDENTS, 1965 AND 1966 1965 1966 Number of train accidents.. 5, 967 6.33 6, 793 954, 821 7.11 Source of basic data: Interstate Commerce Commission, statements M-400, M-300, and Transport Statistics in the United States. TABLE 28.-TRAIN ACCIDENTS, PRELIMINARY DATA, 1965, 1966, AND 1967 1965 1966 1967 Number of train accidents. 5,792 6.14 6, 733 954, 821 7.05 7,089 908, 446 7.80 Source of basic data: Interstate Commerce Commission Statements M-450, M-300, and Transport Statistics in the United States. TABLE 29.-TOTAL CASUALTIES IN RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, ALL U.S. RAILROADS, 1961-66 NUMBER KILLED Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Accident Bulletin, Nos. 130-134, table No. 2; Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, form FRA F 6180-2. TABLE 30.-TOTAL CASUALTIES IN RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, BY CLASS OF PERSON, ALL U.S. RAILROADS, 1961-66 PERSONS KILLED 1 Casualties to this class of person occur primarily at highway grade crossings. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Accident Bulletin, Nos. 130–134, table No. 101, and Statement M-400, De partment of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. |