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Actually there's around a thousand train derailing incidents a year. The event you're referring to is just when one actually made it to the news.
Hence the need for pockets
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Is there really only a thousand? I would've guessed trains were less dangerous than cars but a thousand derailment still seems exceptionally small.
https://time.com/6260906/train-derailmentments-how-common/
I thought u meant globally