This year, accident rates in Canada continued to trend downward. TSB is pleased with the progress made, but every year we investigate many new accidents. As their investigations reveal important safety lessons, they will continue to call upon industry and government to make the meaningful changes needed to ensure Canada's pipelines, railways, waters and skies will be safer for Canadians. In 2011, a total of 1607 accidents and 1265 incidents were reported in accordance with the TSB’s regulations for mandatory reporting of occurrences. The number of accidents in 2011 decreased by 7% from the 1729 accidents reported in 2010, and by 17% from the 2006—2010 annual average of 1928 accidents. The number of reported incidents decreased to 1265 in 2011 from 1355 in 2010, and was below the 2006—2010 average of 1385. In 2011, the TSB also received 585 voluntary reports. Fatalities across all modes of transportation totaled 156 in 2011, down 13 from the 2010 total, and down from the 2006—2010 average of 163. All reported occurrences were assessed in accordance with the Board’s Occurrence Classification Policy to identify those with the greatest potential for advancing transportation safety. Information was entered into the TSB database for historical record, trend analysis and safety deficiency validation purposes. (Author/publisher)
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