Map: Death on the rails
This interactive database shows 524 reported accidents and near collisions on Metrolink’s commuter rail system from its inception in 1993 through September 2008. The accidents, and the resulting deaths and injuries, were spread across the 388-mile system, but the largest concentration is in the north San Fernando Valley.
This interactive database shows 524 reported accidents and near collisions on Metrolink’s commuter rail system from its inception in 1993 through September 2008. The accidents, and the resulting deaths and injuries, were spread across the 388-mile system, but the largest concentration is in the north San Fernando Valley.
| Accidents | Deaths | Injuries |
Notes: Portions of the Metrolink system are owned by another transit agency and two private freight operators. The map depicts all accidents on the system, including those involving trains operated by Amtrak, Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Sante Fe. Descriptions in capital letters were taken unedited from FRA reports. All others were transcribed by the Times from paper records and have not been proofread.
Sources: Metrolink, Federal Railroad Administration.
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