Passengers on all Canadian railroads killed and injured, according to cause, 1919 to 1930
1919
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
2 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
1 |
11 |
| Collisions |
0 |
75 |
| Derailment |
2 |
61 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
4 |
7 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
4 |
15 |
| Miscellaneous |
14 |
28 |
| Run Down |
3 |
3 |
| Total |
28 |
202 |
1920
Not Available
1921
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
5 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
0 |
13 |
| Collisions |
0 |
49 |
| Derailment |
0 |
66 |
| Falling (8 Criteria) |
3 |
12 |
| Jumping |
0 |
39 |
| Miscellaneous |
1 |
53 |
| Run Down |
0 |
1 |
| Struck by switch stand water spout, mail crane etc. |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
4 |
240 |
1922
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
6 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
0 |
29 |
| Collisions |
0 |
72 |
| Derailment |
0 |
112 |
| Falling (8 Criteria) |
1 |
6 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
4 |
33 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
87 |
| Run Down |
0 |
2 |
| Struck by car standing foul |
0 |
6 |
| Washout |
0 |
23 |
| Total |
5 |
376 |
1923
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
2 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
0 |
10 |
| Collisions |
2 |
83 |
| Derailment |
4 |
265 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
4 |
16 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
3 |
42 |
| Miscellaneous |
1 |
139 |
| Run Down |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
15 |
558 |
1924
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
4 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
0 |
12 |
| Bridge accident |
0 |
3 |
| Collisions |
0 |
48 |
| Derailment |
0 |
86 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
5 |
18 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
2 |
27 |
| Miscellaneous |
9 |
182 |
| Run Down |
1 |
2 |
| Washout |
0 |
3 |
| Total |
17 |
385 |
1925
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
7 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
1 |
27 |
| Collisions |
1 |
59 |
| Derailment 1 |
48 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
0 |
9 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
1 |
39 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
154 |
| Run Down |
2 |
6 |
| Sideswipe |
0 |
5 |
| |
| Total |
6 |
354 |
1926
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
23 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
2 |
19 |
| Collisions |
0 |
30 |
| Derailment |
1 |
72 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
3 |
5 |
| Highway crossings |
0 |
1 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
5 |
33 |
| Miscellaneous |
1 |
132 |
| Run Down |
1 |
5 |
| Struck by switch stand, water spout, mail crane, etc. |
0 |
1 |
| Washout |
0 |
8 |
| |
| Total |
13 |
329 |
1927
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
17 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
1 |
21 |
| Collisions |
5 |
109 |
| Derailment |
0 |
38 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
2 |
17 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
4 |
43 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
132 |
| Run Down |
1 |
3 |
| Sideswipe |
0 |
2 |
| |
| Total |
13 |
382 |
1928
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
20 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
1 |
14 |
| Collisions |
3 |
62 |
| Derailment |
1 |
46 |
| Falling (8 criteria) |
6 |
4 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
5 |
45 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
108 |
| Run Down |
2 |
0 |
| Washout |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
18 |
301 |
1929
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
13 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
0 |
15 |
| Collisions |
5 |
66 |
| Derailment |
0 |
25 |
| Falling (7 criteria) |
4 |
13 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
5 |
30 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
129 |
| Run Down |
0 |
5 |
| Sideswipe |
1 |
9 |
| Struck by switch stand, water spout mail crane, etc. |
1 |
0 |
| Washout |
0 |
44 |
| Total |
16 |
349 |
1930
| Cause |
Killed |
Injured |
| Application of air brakes |
0 |
6 |
| Attempt to board train in motion |
1 |
9 |
| Collisions |
0 |
27 |
| Derailment |
4 |
67 |
| Explosion in locomotive boiler |
0 |
1 |
| Falling (8 Criteria) |
1 |
9 |
| Handling freight and baggage |
0 |
1 |
| Jumping off train in motion |
4 |
34 |
| Miscellaneous |
0 |
127 |
| Overhead obstruction |
0 |
1 |
| Run Down |
2 |
1 |
| Sideswipe |
0 |
1 |
| Washout |
5 |
24 |
| Total 17 |
308 |
Notes:
* All nine people killed in 1924 were in the explosion at Farron. 1919 statistics are for year ending March 31, 1919.
Sources:
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada 1920. Vol VI (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1919), pp.82-3
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioner For Canada 1922. Vol VI (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1922), pp. 156-7
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioner For
Canada 1923. Vol VI (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1922), pp. 156-7
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada 1924-1925. Vol. Vll (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1927), pp. 113-4
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For
Canada 1925/26. Vol IV (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1927), p. 167
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For
Canada 1926/1927. Vol IV (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1928), pp. 458-9
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For
Canada 1927/1928. Vol IV (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1929), p. 59
Dominion of Canada. Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For
Canada 1928/1929. Vol IV (Ottawa: King’s Printer, 1929), pp. 66-7
Source: Dominion of Canada, "Passengers on all Canadian railroads killed and injured, according to cause, 1919 to 1930," Report of The Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada, 1919-1929 (King's Printer: , 1919).
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