Show RAIL FATALITIES 1 I. I DECREASED IN 1 I. I f c. c C. C Report Shows Lowest Lowest Lowest Low Low- est Number Killed Since 1898 Ir N W YORK FORK Dee Dec 3 3 No Not since sine 1899 have lwe e so few tew fatalities been charged against the railways as rep reported to th the thel l interstate i commerce commission as In Inthe the he year ended December 31 1920 That Tha this his proof of the tho effectiveness of ot the thi First movement should have been lean achieved in the face tace of ot the greatest great great- est traffic on record makes mates it the more mor noteworthy IThe I The figures for tor th the following named years bars show the relative decrease in railway rail rall- my way vay casualties rear Tons ear car Tear Killed KIlIE ear Injured Injure red one mile 1020 1110 A t 1118 1917 1916 1115 HilS IOU 1114 10 1013 1913 1012 1912 1011 1911 1910 1900 1848 There wa eras practically no Increase in the number lumber of ot fatalities although freight trat trat- Iq l the controlling controlling- risk in railway opera opera- tion Ion Increased ed per cent For For Its bearing on the tho relative value alue of ot the lie above table it may be stated that between be be- tween Peen 1898 1818 and 1920 the passenger mileage increased from to 87 or per cent and railway rom from to an average of ot 2 or Wiper per cent DETAIL FIGURES FOR ron 1920 1020 te detailed figures for tor 1920 1020 as given by the he commission were mere as follows follows- CASUALTIES IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS Killed Injured Passengers 70 on duty not on duty dutT 8 30 SO Trespassers 48 g 77 11 86 eg carried under contract conTa con- con tract Ta t 19 10 otal otal IN TRAIN SERVICE ACCIDENTS on duty duty 1685 not on duty 43 83 trespassers 2118 2201 1858 1855 carried under contract con con- tract 16 18 otal ACCIDENTS ACCIDENT'S Ry Shops 1021 Ither persons 83 2343 Total otal grand Grand total I CLASSIFIED e e comparative figures of ot killed d in raila rail- rail a 11 accident accidents for passengers passenger employee and persons persona Including trespassers trespasser for the theer er od covered In the first table were as flows 1 K Pa Pas Pu- Em Em- Other ear scorers engers persons 1201 T r. r 2578 2678 18 i 73 iU 2138 17 17 48 2941 2041 11 2152 2162 13 7 tl 00 gf 2550 2560 i I 89 18 1 1958 1956 Pt IC-Pt Tte i fatalities i iiii s 1 to passengers were fth radically C passenger the same sam in 1920 as aShi In to 1398 It passenger 1 e traffic had In- In per cent The fatalities to Increased less than 32 per nt ant although the number employed per cent I l decrease In railway fatalities to and other persons may b bo to the elevation of ot tracks re jot abolition I of grade crossings and andrej campaign lc i against ia the common use f C. C Railway ailway right of ot way by pedestrians i EWER Ervin PASSENGERS r. KILLED lULLED The year 1920 also was marked by number of passengers relatively to passengers carried fly five times l In ti the thirty five lt e years r by the statistics were fewer I ich accidents reported The year in railway revenues of ot i died ff to c cover efrer expenses s. s taxes and I the tho roads carried 47 31 5 one mile with only seventy seventy- x to passengers in train I ac- ac d dents That is passengers ere carried one mile to one killed CAsa As sa a part of this achievement the bu- bu au has the record of roads which 1 Ie crated almost half halt the railway mileTe mile mile- Te e of ot the United States In 1920 without single passenger killed In a train ac- ac dent The salient facts were set forth lithe he following statement KT Ir 1920 1919 imber of ot operating operating ing Int companies leage of these companies 5 carried carried one mile mUe ns of ot freight carried carried carried car car- ried ns ns- carried one mile ls engers killed In Intrain train accidents None None s engen injured Injured In train accidents ts 1297 1217 1448 Thousands omitted The bureau has reports from fourteen her companies which had the mis- mis ance lance of ot having one passenger e each ch I 9 train ac accidents in 1920 1920 |