Railway accidents Data are compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism based on the reports submitted in accordance with the Regulations Concerning the Report of Railway Accidents and the Regulations Concerning the Report of Street Railway Accidents. "Operation accidents" refers to train collisions, train derailments, train fires, crossing accidents, road accidents, personal accidents, and property damage of 5 million yen or more caused by the operation of trains or rolling stock. "Persons killed" refers to those who died within 24 hours after being involved in an accident. This chapter covers disasters and accidents. The section on disasters contains statistics on natural disasters, such as typhoons, heavy rain, and earthquakes, and on fires and industrial injuries. The section on accidents contains statistics on road traffic accidents, railway accidents, marine accidents, and electric accidents. "Fire damage" refers to direct damage caused by fire and is classified into burnt damage, firefighting damage, explosion damage, and personal damage (death or bodily injury by fire). "Burnt damage" refers to the value of properties burnt down by fires or broken down by heat, etc., while "firefighting damage" refers to damage caused by water, dilapidation, spoilage, etc. resulting from fighting fires. "Explosion damage" refers to damage caused by the destructive effects of explosions, but excludes fire and firefighting damage resulting from explosions. Fire damage excludes indirect expenses, such as expenses required for firefighting, expenses for cleaning up debris, and loss caused by suspension of business on account of fires. The value of damage is calculated on the basis of current market prices, and does not include bodily damage. Natural disasters The Fire and Disaster Management Agency collects data on natural disasters based on reports from prefectures, etc., and compiles a white paper. The white paper contains statistics on damage caused by stormy winds, heavy rain, heavy snow, flood, storm surges, earthquakes (including volcanic activities) and tsunami. Fires Data on the facilities for firefighting are obtained from "Annual Report on Fire Defence" compiled by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency based on the results of annual inquiries on the condition of the fire and disaster prevention administration in all prefectures. Data on the number of fires and damage are obtained from "Annual Report on Fires" compiled from the fire reports prepared by shi (cities), machi (towns) and mura (villages) and submitted through prefectures pursuant to the manual of the fire reports under the Act Concerning Fire Defence Organisation. Traffic accidents Data are tabulated by the National Police Agency based on the original statistical reports on traffic accidents submitted by prefectural police. "Traffic accidents" refers to accidents involving death or injury of persons caused by the traffic of vehicles and trains, on roads prescribed by the Road Traffic Act, and does not include accidents with property damage only. "Fatalities" refers to those who died within 24 hours after being involved in a traffic accident. "Persons injured" refers to those injured by road traffic accidents, "seriously injured" to those who need medical treatment for 30 days or more, and "slightly injured" to those who need medical treatment for less than 30 days. 29 Disasters and Accidents 69329 Disasters and Accidents
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