Railway accidents by type of accident - annual data (2004-2015) by country

Countries reporting
30
Highest
639
Poland
Lowest
0
Ireland
Median
38.5
Years covered
13
2004–2016
Data points
393

What the numbers show

Railway accidents by type of accident - annual data (2004-2015) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 639 in Poland; the lowest is 0 in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.5, and the mean is 81.93.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 8.7%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).

Railway accidents by type of accident - annual data: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 639 2015 down 33.5% falling
2 Germany 363 2015 down 67.3% volatile
3 Hungary 158 2015 down 91.5% volatile
4 France 150 2015 up 8.7% falling
5 Romania 141 2015 down 40.5% falling
6 Italy 121 2015 down 21.4% falling
7 North Macedonia 115 2015 up 8.5% falling
8 Austria 98 2015 unchanged falling
9 Czechia 94 2015 down 69.9% falling
10 Slovak Republic 87 2015 down 86.6% volatile
11 Switzerland 52 2015 down 27.8% falling
12 United Kingdom 49 2015 down 53.8% falling
13 Spain 48 2015 down 52.0% falling
14 Sweden 42 2015 down 22.2% falling
15 Bulgaria 40 2016 down 52.4% falling
16 Netherlands 37 2015 down 22.9% falling
17 Greece 29 2015 down 60.8% falling
18 Croatia 27 2015 down 62.0% falling
19 Latvia 25 2015 down 56.1% falling
20 Portugal 23 2015 down 73.6% falling
21 Lithuania 22 2016 down 86.4% volatile
22 Belgium 21 2015 down 48.8% volatile
23 Norway 20 2015 down 20.0% rising
24 Denmark 17 2015 down 45.2% falling
25 Estonia 14 2015 down 82.3% volatile
26 Slovenia 13 2015 down 67.5% volatile
26 Finland 13 2015 down 84.9% volatile
28 Luxembourg 0 2015 down 100.0% volatile
28 Liechtenstein 0 2015 β€” volatile
28 Ireland 0 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Railway accidents by type of accident - annual data (2004-2015)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
34 places, 393 data points, 2004–2016
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