Yes, The U.S. Averages More Than 1,700 Train Derailments A Year
March 5th, 2023Since the East Palestine train derailment disaster, I started noticing lots of other train derailment incidents.
How common are train derailments in the U.S.?
Very common.
Via: KHOU:
Yes, on average, there are more than 1,700 train derailments each year in the U.S.
From 1990 to 2021, there were 54,570 train derailments in the U.S. That’s an average of 1,760 derailments per year, or about 4.8 derailments per day, according to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
On average, there are four deaths caused by train derailments each year.
