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Rail Safety Efforts Miss Leading Cause of Fatalities (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date April 2, 2015
Report Number IN10257
Report Type Insight
Authors Frittelli, John
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report briefly discusses the debate over the reauthorization of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA08; P.L. 110-432). Congress is focusing on steps to prevent train derailments and collisions. Such incidents often receive extensive publicity and cause harm to bystanders, such as the residents of Mount Carbon, West Virginia, who were forced to evacuate after a train carrying crude oil derailed and burned on February 16, 2015.