Are train derailments as dramatic as Hollywood depicts them? We investigate how often trains derail, why they derail, and the ...

From 1990 to 2021 there were an average of 1,705 train derailments per year, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Railroad Administration.

From 1990, the first year the BTS began tracking derailments and injuries on a yearly basis, to 2021, there have been 54,539 accidents in which a train derailed. That’s an average of 1,704 ...

Despite the high rate of train derailments, few people are killed in the wrecks: According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there have just been 131 deaths due to derailments between ...

After the East Palestine train derailment, online posts suggest derailments are common in the U.S., at about 1,700 per year. Those transportation stats are true. Skip Navigation ...

The Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, ... The state led the nation in bank robberies, per capita, for three years starting in 2021, according to F.B.I. statistics.

Norfolk Southern's train derailment statistics. Norfolk Southern has reported an average of 17 derailments a year in Ohio over the past five years, the highest among all railroads.

There are many ways to parse derailment safety statistics, and I will add just one more chart: Figure 4 (above)—main line derailment rates by class of railroad. As would be expected, the main line ...

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing an explosion that released toxic chemicals into the environment on Feb 3. These recent incidents might lead travelers to wonder just how ...

Rail safety reform efforts stalled in Congress a year after Ohio train derailment ... Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress.

Federal safety data shows that Norfolk Southern Railway, whose train derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3, has among the highest train accident rates. News Today's news ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The crew of a freight train that derailed in Ohio this month received an alert about an overheated wheel bearing only shortly before dozens of the train’s cars left the ...