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Amtrak

Products: n/a. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 22.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 29 of 45 among Other companies with incidents (53 tracked).

Analyst brief

The register carries one entry for Amtrak: the December 2017 Cascades Train 501 derailment near DuPont, Washington, a fatality-severity event tied to Positive Train Control not yet being active on the route. Amtrak's index of 22.1 ranks 29 of 45 companies in Other with incident history. The record is a single catastrophic incident rather than a pattern, and its documentation lineage is regulator-driven, consistent with an NTSB-investigated passenger rail derailment. No trajectory can be established from one data point; the record reflects a discrete safety-system-implementation failure, not a recurring operational issue.

Risk index

22.1/100RobotRisk index
23.5/100Median index across the 45 Other companies with incident history (53 tracked, 8 with none)
29 of 45Rank in Other (of 45 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
fatality1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S518 Dec 2017 fatality DuPont, WA, USACascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activated · 1 train (multiple cars) / 3 fatalities, ~70 injured NWPB
S5 18 Dec 2017 · fatality · Cascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activated
DuPont, WA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S518 Dec 2017Cascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activatedNWPB

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