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Statistics - 2004

Facts & Figures from FRA Safety Page Jan-Dec 2004

Click here for some detailed National Statistics (It'll take awhile to open, though)
 

Total number of Railroad Highway Grade Crossings in VA: 4,866
   
County with the most crossings - Wise County: 176
City with the most crossings - Chesapeake: 123
   
Highway-Rail Incidents at Crossings: 64
At NS Crossings:
44
At CSX Crossings:
17
At NPB Crossing:
2
At WW Crossing:
1
   
1-Alexandria (13) 1-Amelia (32) 3-Buchanan (33) 1-Campbell (127)
1-Charlottesville (12) 5-Chesapeake (123) 1-Culpeper (30) 1-Dinwiddie (51)
1-Emporia (15) 1-Franklin (50) 3-Giles (55) 1-Halifax (60)
1-Hampton (30) 1-Harrisonburg (35) 2-Hopewell (39) 1-King George (2)
1-Lee (149) 2-Louisa (57) 1-Lynchburg (25) 1-Manassas (13)
1-Montgomery (92) 1-Newport News (24) 4-Norfolk (100) 2-Petersburg (29)
3-Portsmouth (49) 1-Prince William (34) 4-Richmond (80) 2-Rockingham (153)
1-Salem (19) 1-Scott (141) 1-Smyth (46) 1-Southampton (77)
2-SUffolk (75) 1-Sussex (53) 2-Tazewell (98) 1-Warren (64)
1-Washington (53) 2-Wise (176) 1-Wythe (40)  
       
  ()=Number of Crossings in Jurisdiction
       
Total Fatalities: 1
  At NS crossings: 1
   
Total Injuries: 21
  At NS crossings: 14
  At CSX crossings: 7
     
Trespasser Casualties: 8
  On NS properties 5
  On Amtrak properties 1
  On CSX properties 2
     
1-Campbell 1-Norfolk 1-Pittsylvania  
2-Williamsburg 1-York 2-Prince William  
       

Trespasser Fatalities: 10 Click here for Trespasser Fatalities back to 1975!
Total Trespassers Struck by Trains:
2001 2002 2003 2004
18 19 20 9

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