High Speed Rail Deaths by the Numbers

Which U.S. high speed rail has the highest death rate? The Brightline Rail

What is the major cause of death?

• Suicide
• Impatient motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists who misjudge the trains’ speed & ignored bells

What do the numbers look like?

• 40 since July 2017
• 1 death per month
• 1 death for every 29,000 rail miles traveled
• By contrast, Florida East Coast, a freight line, has 1 death for every 160,000 miles during the past 2 years

What proactive work is the rail doing to lower these numbers?

• working with suicide prevention groups
• using infrared motion detectors to identify suicide potential
• drones to patrol tracks

CBS 4 Miami | Brightline, Florida’s High-Speed Train, Has Highest U.S. Death Rate