This is from the American Journal of Transportation. It’s about railroad safety. I found it interesting and informative.
Very good but 1. Let’s see definitions of the accident rates,; and 2. Let’s see the number of accidents by type
They’re counting grade-crossing and trespasser accidents. And those are over 95% of all reported.
I would prefer to see ‘employee’ safety data strictly separated.
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The New York Central seemed able to provide that data a while back:
NYC killed on duty 1930 by Edmund, on Flickr
Only 43 killed in the first Six Months of 1930! Time for cake and ice cream to celebrate 
Road and yard brakemen and conductors seem to take the brunt of the fatalities.
Cheers, Ed
I’ll suggest that you look at FRA reports. But you can do your own research.
In the early 1900’s employee fatalities were in the thousands. Life was cheap! Next?
The point is that railroads can do comparatively little about crossing and trespasser accidents, whereas they have much more authority over employee on-the-job and training conditions.
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