RAILWAY ACCIDENTS (E800-E807)
Note:
For definitions of railway accident and related terms see definitions (a) to (d).
Excludes:
accidents involving railway train and:
aircraft (E840.0-E845.9)
motor vehicle (E810.0-E825.9)
watercraft (E830.0-E838.9)
The following fourth-digit subdivisions are for use with categories E800-E807 to identify the injured person:
0 Railway employee
Any person who by virtue of his employment in connection with a railway, whether by the railway company or not, is at increased risk of involvement in a railway accident, such as:
catering staff of train
driver
guard
porter
postal staff on train
railway fireman
shunter
sleeping car attendant
1 Passenger on railway
Any authorized person traveling on a train, except a railway employee.
Excludes:
intending passenger waiting at station (8)
unauthorized rider on railway vehicle (8)
2 Pedestrian
See definition (r)
3 Pedal cyclist
See definition (p)
8 Other specified person
Intending passenger or bystander waiting at station
Unauthorized rider on railway vehicle
9 Unspecified person
E806 Other specified railway accident
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
hit by object falling in railway train
injured by door or window on railway train
nonmotor road vehicle or pedestrian hit by object set in motion by railway train
railway train hit by falling:
earth NOS
rock
tree
other object
Excludes:
railway accident due to cataclysm (E908-E909)

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