Canada safety board issues 2025 rail incident report
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada has issued its statistical summary of transportation occurrences in 2025. The TSB monitors occurrences across the air, marine, pipeline and rail sectors to help identify trends, emerging safety issues and areas where further safety action may be necessary.
Occurrences are classified as either accidents or incidents. Across all transportation sectors, a total of 3,354 occurrences were reported to the TSB in 2025, TSB officials said in a press release. In the rail transportation sector, 1,163 occurrences were reported; 831 were accidents, a 7% decrease from 2024 and 17% below the 10-year average of 1,007. Of the 831 accidents, 82 involved dangerous goods, and three resulted in the release of dangerous goods, down from six dangerous goods releases reported in 2024 and the 10-year average of five. The largest proportion (35%) of rail accidents was non-main track derailments, followed by miscellaneous accidents (20%), crossing accidents (19%), trespasser accidents (11%), main track derailments (8%), non-main track collisions (6%) and main track collisions (1%). There were 71 total rail-related fatalities in 2025, up from 69 in 2024 and above the 10-year average of 64. Trespassing continues to be the leading cause of rail-related fatalities in Canada, accounting for 53 of the total fatalities, while crossing accidents resulted in 16 fatalities, TSB officials said. The full statistical summary of rail transportation occurrences is available to view here.