Kelly-Hill Company Rail Safety Infographic

FREIGHT RAIL SAFETYRAILROADS HAVE A STRONG SAFETY RECORD FOR MOVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WITH OF THE APPROXIMATELY MILLION CARLOADS OF HAZMAT SUCCESSFULLY REACHING THEIR FINAL DESTINATION WITHOUT A RELEASE CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT.

99.997% 1.7

Carloads of crude oil on Class I Railroads went from under 75k to over 375k in the past 8 years 75k

375k

HUMAN-CAUSED ACCIDENTS ARE

DOWN

38%TRACK DEFECTS

ARE DOWN

37%

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Since 2008... THE AVERAGE TRAINING TIME BEFORE AN

ENGINEER IS CERTIFIED TO DRIVE A TRAIN IS 2 Y

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$550 BILLION

Most of our nation’s

R&D for rail technology

is developed or refined at

Transportation Technology

Center (TCI) in

Pueblo,Colorado

Train accidents in 2013 were caused by

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Human Factor

37%

Track31%

Miscellaneous15%

Equipment12% Signal

3%

Sources:http://www.fra.dot.gov/Elib/Details/L04936https://www.aar.org/safety/Pages/default.aspx#.UzsGnqhdUoMhttp://freightrailworks.org/advancesafety/https://www.aar.org/safety/Documents/Assets/images/energy_independence_chart.png

Since 1980, $550

Billion in private

investments in

freight rail have

been to upgrade

and maintain rail.

Train accidents

since 1980 are

down 79%, rail

employee injuries

are down 84%

and grade crossing

collisions are

down 80%.

&96% OF ALL RAIL FATALITIES ARE FROM TRESPASSING AND HIGHWAY RAIL, 4% ARE WORKER ON DUTY, RAIL PASSENGER, CONTRACTOR, OR NON-PASSENGER.