Statistics

Statistics Worksheet

Did you know?

  • Most collisions occur with trains traveling under 30 mph.
  • Approximately 64% of all collisions occur in daylight hours.
  • Most collisions occur within 25 miles of the driver’s home.
  • Approximately every 3 hours (some place in the United States) a collision occurs between a train and a vehicle or a train and a pedestrian.
  • You are 20 times more likely to die in a collision with a train than in a collision involving another motor vehicle.
  • At 55 mph, it may take a train up to a mile or more to stop.
  • Nearly 50% of all collisions occur at crossings equipped with active warning devices.
  • Nearly 25% of all collisions occur when the vehicle runs into the side of the train.
  • Nebraska has a total of 4,813 crossings.  There are 2,856 public and 1,973 private crossings. On the 2,856 public crossings 718 have gates, 165 have activated warnings, and 1,973 are passive (no lights/gates).

National Crossing Collisions 2021

  • Collisions: 2,125
  • Injuries: 668
  • Fatalities: 236

National Trespasser Incidents 2021

  • Injuries: 526
  • Fatalities: 614

Nebraska Crossing Collisions 2021

  • Collisions: 42
  • Injuries: 16
  • Fatalities: 6

Nebraska Trespasser Incidents 2021

OLI Statistics Summaries