@Dustcan
Not gonna comment on the China statistic, but is that really fair? Like, of course America has more train derailments than Japan. We’re a larger landmass and a larger population. We should instead compare train derailments per capita.
2001 is about 21 years ago. Japan has had 214 since 2001.
America has had an average of 1,700 per year. Multiplying by 21 is 35,700.
Japan has 125 million people, and is a landmass of 145,936 square miles.
America has a population of 332 million, and a landmass of 3.797 million square miles.
So, running the numbers:
Japan:
Has had an average of 1.712 train derailments for every million people, since 2001.
And it has had an average of 1.466 for every thousand square miles.
The United States of America:
Has had an average of 107.53 train derailments for every million people.
And it has had an average of 9.402 for every thousand miles.
The numbers are clear. Japan has had far fewer train derailments, relatively to both their size and population, than The USA has.