[Kon-Peki]

The table below the stats in the link you mention also seem to indicate that most incidents are in rail yards, though I am really not sure how to interpret that table.

Are there comparable stats for elsewhere in the world? Is 1000 derailments per year a lot?

[ragingrobot]

I had been thinking along those lines originally, but it just states "yard accidents" That number was near the derailment stat, but there can be other types of incidents in yards, such as collisions. So, they are as far as I can tell, "mutually inclusive".