Responsibility: Marketplace: Safety & Security Our goal is zero accidents, zero incidents. When something does go wrong, we study it exhaustively to determine how to keep it from happening again. It's because of these efforts that rail is, mile for mile, the safest way to transport goods over land. And why CSX has one of the lowest injury rates in the industry.
And since we're taking freight off the highways, we're making road travel safer at the same time.
Hazardous Materials Safety
For every billion ton-miles of hazardous materials transported, trucks (which operate over inherently more dangerous public highways) are involved in more than 16 times as many accidents as the railroads. Read more about Hazardous Materials Safety.
Track Maintenance and Crossing Safety
Maintenance of railroad infrastructure is essential for reaching our goal of zero accidents and zero injuries. CSX spends more than $1 billion annually on improving and maintaining track, bridges, signal systems, equipment and operations. Read more about track maintenance and crossing safety.
Community Safety
The CSX commitment to safety extends beyond our own employees and facilities, into the communities served by our rail network.
Approximately every 2 hours somewhere in the United States, a vehicle and train collide at a highway-rail intersection. A freight train moving at 55 miles an hour can take a mile or more to stop that's the equivalent of nearly 18 football fields. With 5.3 million new drivers every year in CSX's service territory, grade crossing safety awareness is important for everyone. Learn how we're making communities safer.
And since we're taking freight off the highways, we're making road travel safer at the same time.
Hazardous Materials Safety
For every billion ton-miles of hazardous materials transported, trucks (which operate over inherently more dangerous public highways) are involved in more than 16 times as many accidents as the railroads. Read more about Hazardous Materials Safety.
Track Maintenance and Crossing Safety
Maintenance of railroad infrastructure is essential for reaching our goal of zero accidents and zero injuries. CSX spends more than $1 billion annually on improving and maintaining track, bridges, signal systems, equipment and operations. Read more about track maintenance and crossing safety.
Community Safety
The CSX commitment to safety extends beyond our own employees and facilities, into the communities served by our rail network.
Approximately every 2 hours somewhere in the United States, a vehicle and train collide at a highway-rail intersection. A freight train moving at 55 miles an hour can take a mile or more to stop that's the equivalent of nearly 18 football fields. With 5.3 million new drivers every year in CSX's service territory, grade crossing safety awareness is important for everyone. Learn how we're making communities safer.
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