[OC] Let’s look at some train data 🚂, data from US Federal Railroad AdministrationSubmitted by nymaps t3_11kzy7x in dataisbeautiful
AverageAustralian111 t1_jbcbe71 wrote
Reply to comment by nac_nabuc in [OC] Let’s look at some train data 🚂, data from US Federal Railroad Administration by nymaps
Yes, you are absolutely correct. I'm not sure how I missed that.
My point was that, once preventative measures are at some level, as preventative measures reach diminishing returns, it is more efficient to deal with the very small number of accidents than it is to invest in trying to prevent them.
These recent Ohio and Greece accidents are the only ones I can recall that were bad enough to make the news. So at a rate of roughly 1 major accident in both the EU and US over...I would say around 5 years (although I might just not have heard about or not remember previous ones,) I would say the safety over this time has been pretty good. Definitely overwhelmingly better than road transport, which is its main competitor.
nac_nabuc t1_jbccv85 wrote
If the derailments are due to infrastructure problems like signaling and track maintenance it probably doesn't make sense to try and achieve higher standards of safety for the US since their infrastructure costs are so ridiculously high. Wouldn't be surprised if you'd see budgets that are closer to Spanish HIGh speed construction costs for just some signaling and small track upgrades.
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