Since the Ohio train crash, news of other derailments has come nearly every day. But this isn’t a new problem.
While this may seem like a new phenomenon, train derailments are incredibly common in the United States, with data from the Federal Railroad AdministrationThat's actually a decrease from recent decades: In 1978, 8,744 derailments were reported, according to FRA data, more than seven times as many as happened in 2022. In 1988, 2,053 derailments were reported, and in 1998, there were 1,729 such incidents. In 2008, the FRA data shows that 1,789 trains derailed. 2018 saw 1,376 derailments.
"The major causes of derailment are either a failure in the track or a failure in the wheel. They constitute more than 80% of train derailments," said Ahmadian. A track failure means the track is broken and has a gap that causes the wheels to come off, or that the track has moved in a way that causes wheels to fall off the tracks.
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