[SllX]

I went spelunking and I found this: https://www.yahoo.com/now/many-train-derailments-us-2023-162...

Basically we’re averaging 1,704 derailments a year between 1990 and 2021, and likely very few of them are significant since last year per the article there were 4 deaths.

So, question: what is the legal definition of a derailment and does it differ between here and Japan?

[ricardobeat]

When trains are mainly used for transporting goods, derailment is unlikely to cause deaths. Not the case for Japan, and that's probably half of the explanation for why it's different.