SPREADSHEET FILE "ACCIDENT"
Number, causes and consequences of railway accidents in the Argentine. Data for years from 1892 to 1952 are in 60 sheets:
Sheet | Title | Datum | Remarks |
A | Número | Number of accidents | A = B + O + AC |
B | Descarrilamientos | Number of derailments | B = C+D = E+..+I |
C | Lugar | on open track | |
D | D | in stations | |
E | Causas | by interruption of or obstacles on the track | |
F | F | by false position of switches, turntables, etc. | |
G | G | because of defective track | |
H | H | because of rolling stock defects: axle breakage | details vary |
I | I | because of rolling stock defects: broken wheel rims | |
J | J | because of rolling stock defects: other defects | |
K | K | for various causes n.e.c. | includes E and F when not tabulated separately |
L | Consecuencias | Deaths | |
M | M | Injuries | |
N | N | Damage to rolling stock (number of cases) | |
O | Choques | Number of collisions | O = P+Q = R+...+Y |
P | el lugar | on open track | |
Q | Q | in stations | |
R | la causa | due to negligence of staff | details vary |
S | S | due to false orders to staff | |
T | T | due to switches set wrongly | |
U | U | due to wrong signals | |
V | V | due to excess speed when entering stations | |
W | W | due to negligent switching | |
X | X | due to trains cut by coupling breakage | or due to rolling-stock defects |
Y | Y | due to various causes n.e.c. | |
Z | la consecuencia | Deaths | |
AA | AA | Injuries | |
AB | AB | Damage to rolling stock (number of cases) | |
AC | Varios | Number of other accidents | |
AD | su lugar | on open track | |
AE | AE | in stations | |
AF | AF | at level crossings | |
AG | AG | in workshops | excluded in some years |
AH | su causa | by fire in the train | |
AI | AI | by collison with road vehicles | |
AJ | AJ | Pedestrians on the track | |
AK | AK | Boiler explosion | refers to locomotive boilers under steam pressure |
AL | AL | Other accidents that caused death or injury | |
AM | su consecuencia | Deaths | |
AN | AN | Injuries | |
AO | AO | Damage to rolling stock (number of cases) | |
AP | Muertos | Total accidental deaths | AP = L + Z + AM |
AQ | AQ | Deaths by negligence on the part of the victim | L+Z+AM = AQ+AR = AS+AT+AU |
AR | AR | Deaths without fault | |
AS | AS | Passengers deceased | |
AT | AT | Railway staff deceased | |
AU | AU | Others deceased | |
AV | Heridos | Total of injured persons | AV = M + AA + AN |
AW | AW | Injured by negligence on the part of the victim | M+AA+AN = AW+AX = AY+AZ+BA |
AX | AX | Injured without fault | |
AY | AY | Passengers injured | |
AZ | AZ | Injured railway staff | |
BA | BA | Others injured | |
BB | Talleres | Deaths in workshops | Definitions vary. Included in AP and AV from 1937/8. |
BC | BC | Injuries in workshops | |
BD | Suicidios | Deaths by suicide, etc. | And by sudden death, assassination, etc. Included in AP and AV from 1937/8 |
BE | BE | Injuries by attempted suicide, etc. | |
BF | Compensaciones | Number of damage claims paid | |
BG | pagadas | Total amount of damages paid | in gold or paper |
BH | Notas | Totals and sub-totals are only for those railways under the jurisdiction of the National Railways Board. Data for other railways are incomplete and included only in respect of companies that later came under that jurisdiction. |