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

The Ohio train derailment, chemical fire, and resulting environmental health concerns have dominated news headlines in recent weeks. About 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

OMAHA, Neb. — The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the ...

A new report on the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, points to several possible systemic safety issues that advocates and safety experts say go well beyond this specific crash.