Products: n/a. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 11.4/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 32th percentile of 62 other companies.
BART's record holds two related entries: the October 2013 killing of two track workers near Walnut Creek by a train operating in automatic mode, severity 5, followed by a November 2013 NTSB urgent recommendation for redundant train-worker protection. The sequence is regulator-driven in its aftermath, with the NTSB action responding directly to the fatality event, and the two entries form a single incident-and-response pair rather than a recurring pattern. The index of 11.5 and percentile of 32.3 place BART in the low band within the "other" category, though its percentile is higher than Metro-North's, indicating more of its category peers carry lower index values than in Metro-North's comparison set. Both entries date to the same month-scale window in late 2013, showing concentration rather than dispersion over time.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 10/19 2013 · 13:44 |
fatality | Near Walnut Creek, CA, USA | Train in automatic mode kills two track workers near Walnut Creek · 1 train / 2 fatalities | NTSB |
| S5 | 10/19 2013 |
regulatory | — | NTSB urgent recommendation for redundant train-worker protection after BART deaths · systemwide recommendation | CBS News San Francisco |