Some railroad statistical information

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Some statistical information

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Some railroad statistics (U.S.) 1996

State	Total Number Accidents	Total Number Fatalities	Total Number Injuries	Total Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials	Crossings With Active Warning (Protected)	Crossings With No Active Warning (Un- Protected)
Alabama	40	25	190	14	999	2,580
Alaska	5	2	63	0	81	144
Arizona	23	22	102	14	441	500
Arkansas	64	26	231	23	797	2,435
California	138	96	729	35	4,463	3,462
Colorado	52	12	166	12	661	1,281
Connecticut	14	3	151	0	244	126
Delaware	3	1	62	0	201	86
District of Columbia	8	0	80	0	6	17
Florida	47	41	245	2	2,760	1,288
Georgia	50	27	188	8	1,932	4,219
Hawaii	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	6
Idaho	34	7	111	8	309	1,173
Illinois	262	76	1,051	69	4,929	5,215
Indiana	66	40	360	7	2,940	3,628
Iowa	84	14	254	14	1,680	3,551
Kansas	76	19	205	24	1,676	6,152
Kentucky	41	13	175	16	1,204	1,400
Louisiana	65	37	248	20	1,207	2,380
Maine	6	0	53	3	459	423
Maryland	14	18	176	2	326	359
Massachusetts	12	12	215	0	689	503
Michigan	49	28	370	4	2,321	3,435
Minnesota	99	21	395	11	1,224	3,927
Mississippi	66	17	131	13	675	2,192
Missouri	79	30	234	13	1,555	3,309
Montana	53	8	143	20	349	1,107
Nebraska	80	14	218	12	879	3,085
Nevada	11	4	32	3	143	146
New Hampshire	1	1	10	1	188	315
New Jersey	19	25	480	1	1,082	778
New Mexico	19	14	84	9	297	513
New York	116	27	1,575	7	2,108	1,166
North Carolina	24	27	179	9	1,890	2,858
North Dakota	37	5	101	7	461	4,163
Ohio	79	34	378	15	3,202	3,187
Oklahoma	42	28	130	10	1,179	3,260
Oregon	47	7	181	10	739	1,562
Pennsylvania	90	19	753	10	2,143	3,431
Rhode Island	0	1	13	0	67	61
South Carolina	20	18	98	6	1,160	1,884
South Dakota	28	2	39	1	193	1,944
Tennessee	42	20	129	18	975	2,376
Texas	190	124	726	58	4,605	7,839
Utah	35	14	92	5	342	667
Vermont	4	1	26	2	226	270
Virginia	54	18	143	6	1,247	863
Washington	51	19	228	6	911	1,943
West Virginia	28	8	77	3	677	1,178
Wisconsin	69	9	297	19	1,897	2,749
Wyoming	49	5	81	12	239	288
Totals United States	2,584	1,039	12,398	562	60,978	101,424

U.S. Territories railroad statistics 1996

U.S. Territory	Total Number Accidents	Total Number Fatalities	Total Number Injuries	Total Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials	Crossings With Active Warning (Protected)	Crossings With No Active Warning (Un- Protected)
Puerto Rico	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	18
Totals U.S. Territories	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	18

Foreign Countries railroad statistics 1996

Foreign Country	Total Number Accidents	Total Number Fatalities	Total Number Injuries	Total Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials	Crossings With Active Warning (Protected)	Crossings With No Active Warning (Un- Protected)
Canada	0	4	0	0	0	0
Totals Foreign Countries	0	4	0	0	0	0

As of this publishing, 1/4/98, APART does not have any numbers or statistical information for other countries.
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