Table 2-32:  Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Accidentsb,,,,,,,,,,,
,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000
"Fatalities, total",212,215,173,191,225,179,152,185,192,190,183
Motor busc,92,80,91,79,90,69,82,100,90,91,82
Light rail,5,11,6,14,10,10,5,3,14,13,22
Heavy rail,51,59,33,37,41,43,32,28,18,21,19
Commuter rail,63,63,43,59,82,56,30,52,67,64,56
Demand responsive,0,2,0,2,2,1,3,2,2,1,4
Van pool,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Automated guideway,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0
"Injured persons, total","20,023","20,594","21,653","22,081","20,939","22,159","22,950","21,452","R21,341","21,727","22,140"
Motor busc,"18,876","19,016","20,556","20,862","19,663","20,879","21,222","20,145","R20,136","20,291","20,329"
Light rail,465,474,468,361,327,355,680,320,332,427,415
Heavy rail,296,308,273,365,309,348,431,336,261,286,425
Commuter rail,84,560,110,210,216,159,213,99,66,54,53
Demand responsive,286,200,233,224,399,395,379,499,492,632,869
Van pool,16,36,13,58,24,23,25,52,53,37,49
Automated guideway,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0
"Accidents, total","58,002","46,468","36,380","30,559","29,972","25,683","25,166","R24,842","23,937","23,040","24,271"
Motor busc,"55,289","44,467","34,282","28,596","27,754","23,819","23,425","R22,991","22,277","21,137","22,127"
Light rail,699,671,600,449,512,309,341,363,328,300,357
Heavy rail,144,188,613,662,744,637,346,R278,293,396,364
Commuter rail,175,248,181,208,266,216,201,R162,193,215,268
Demand responsive,"1,613",814,668,524,659,647,774,886,664,862,997
Van pool,81,79,35,119,36,54,78,160,179,130,157
Automated guideway,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,R2,3,0,1
"Vehicle-miles (millions), total","2,490","2,478","2,510","2,535","2,581","2,620","2,605","2,702","2,833","2,927","3,002"
Motor busc,"1,668","1,661","1,688","1,690","1,702","1,702","1,687","1,719","1,779","1,835","1,868"
Light rail,24,27,28,27,34,34,37,41,43,48,52
Heavy rail,529,522,520,518,522,537,543,558,566,578,595
Commuter rail,187,188,188,206,210,217,203,216,242,249,253
Demand responsive,74,71,72,77,94,109,108,134,157,167,179
Van pool,8,8,13,16,18,19,25,33,44,49,52
Automated guideway,0.6,0.5,1.0,1.0,1.2,1.1,1.4,1.4,1.4,1.4,1.6
Rates per 100 million vehicle-milesd,,,,,,,,,,,
"Fatalities, all modes",8.5,8.7,6.9,7.5,8.7,6.8,5.8,6.8,6.8,6.5,6.1
Motor busc,5.5,4.8,5.4,4.7,5.3,4.1,4.9,5.8,5.1,5.0,4.4
Light rail,20.8,40.3,21.2,51.1,29.6,29.0,13.3,7.4,32.3,27.1,42.3
Heavy rail,9.6,11.3,6.3,7.1,7.9,8.0,5.9,5.0,3.2,3.6,3.2
Commuter rail,33.6,33.4,22.9,28.6,39.0,25.8,14.8,24.1,27.6,25.7,22.1
Demand responsive,0,2.8,0,2.6,2.1,0.9,2.8,1.5,1.3,0.6,2.2
Van pool,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Automated guideway,162.0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.0,0,0
"Injured persons, all modes",804,831,863,871,811,846,881,794,753,742,738
Motor busc,"1,132","1,145","1,218","1,234","1,155","1,227","1,258","1,172","1,132","1,106","1,088"
Light rail,"1,933","1,735","1,654","1,318",968,"1,030","1,815",785,767,889,798
Heavy rail,56,59,52,71,59,65,79,60,46,50,71
Commuter rail,45,297,59,102,103,73,105,46,27,22,21
Demand responsive,386,282,324,292,425,361,349,372,313,379,485
Van pool,208,430,103,363,132,123,101,158,121,75,94
Automated guideway,0,0,0,104,85,0,0,70,69,0,0
"Accidents, all modes","2,329","1,875","1,450","1,205","1,161",980,966,R919,845,787,809
Motor busc,"3,315","2,678","2,031","1,692","1,631","1,400","1,389","1,338","1,252","1,152","1,184"
Light rail,"2,906","2,456","2,121","1,639","1,516",897,910,891,758,624,687
Heavy rail,27,36,118,128,142,119,64,R50,52,69,61
Commuter rail,93,132,96,101,127,100,99,R75,80,86,106
Demand response,"2,177","1,147",928,682,702,591,714,661,423,516,557
Van pool,"1,052",944,278,744,198,289,314,485,408,263,301
Automated guideway,162,204,102,104,85,87,69,R139,207,0,62
KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a  Accident statistics for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, and ferry boat are not available.  The number of incidents, fatalities, and injuries for these modes appear in the footnotes for table 2-33.",,,,,,,,,,,
"b  Accidents include collisions with vehicles, objects,  people (except suicides), and derailments/vehicles going off road.",,,,,,,,,,,
c  Motor bus also includes trolley bus.,,,,,,,,,,,
"d  Rates are based on total incidents including accidents and were calculated by dividing the number of fatalities, injuries, and incidents in this table by the number of vehicle-miles.",,,,,,,,,,
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NOTES,,,,,,,,,,
"Data are provided only for transit systems that furnished safety data for inclusion in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis annual reports.  Data covers only direct-operated urban transit systems. Vehicle-miles for all transit systems including nonurban and purchased can be found in the vehicle-miles table in chapter 1.",,,,,,,,,,
"Prior to the 2000 edition, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report was entitled Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) annual report.",,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2000 Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report (Cambridge, MA: 2002). ",,,,,,,,,,
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