Accident Reports
A Newsday examination of the LIRR’s accident database and all accident reports from January 2001 through August 2006 found many descriptions of gap-related falls that were not checked off as such and therefore were not classified in the database as gap-related incidents.
This discrepancy in record-keeping leaves the LIRR with incomplete gap fall data.
The database obtained from the LIRR for January 2001 — August 2006 indicated 342 gap falls. Newsday found 429 or 87 more by looking through the database and the accident reports.
According to LIRR officials, a secretary in the safety division reads the narrative on each report to determine the first or primary cause of the accident. So a slip on the platform that ended up with a fall into the gap may only be attributed as a platform incident.
The number of gap falls could be much higher. Newsday obtained only a portion of the accident reports. Click on the station names below to read some of the accident reports. Auburndale
Babylon
Bay Shore
Bayside
Belmont Park
Bethpage
Brentwood
Bridgehampton
Carle Place
Cedarhurst
Copiague
Deer Park
Douglaston
East Williston
Flatbush Avenue
Flushing
Forest Hills
Freeport
Garden City
Great Neck
Hampton Bays
Hewlett
Hicksville
Hunterspoint Avenue
Huntington
Jamaica Station
Kew Gardens
Laurelton
Long Beach
Lynbrook
Manhasset
Massapequa
Merrick
Mineola
New Hyde Park
Northport
Penn Station
Port Jefferson
Port Washington
Ronkonkoma
Sea Cliff
Seaford
Shea Stadium
Speonk
St. James
Stewart Manor
Syosset
Valley Stream
Westbury
Westwood
Woodside
MORE ACCIDENT REPORTS: Newsday's database of accidents from 2001 to 2006 contains more than 2,000 records. Download the data in Excel format. | 
