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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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