Killed person in a rail injury accident

Person dying immediately or within 30 days as a result of a rail accident, excluding suicides. Includes passengers, employees, trespassers and other persons involved in a rail accident. A killed person is excluded if the competent authority declares the cause of death to be suicide, i.e. a deliberate act to injure oneself resulting in death. For countries that do not apply the threshold of 30 days, conversion coefficients are estimated so that comparisons on the basis of the 30-day definition can be made. Also referred to as ‘fatalities’.