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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000,,,
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Category,Number,Percent,
Passenger car occupants,"20,492",46.4,
Light-truck occupants,"11,418",25.8,
Pedestrians stuck by motor vehicles,,,
,"4,739",10.7,
Motorcyclists,"2,862",6.5,
Large-truck occupants,741,1.7,
Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants,,,
,714,1.6,
Recreational boating,701,1.6,

Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles,,,
,690,1.6,
General aviation,592,1.3
RR trespassers (excluding grade crossings),,
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,461,1
"MV nonoccupants, not otherwise specifieda",,
,143,0.3
"RR-related, not otherwise specifiedb",,
,139,0.3
Air carriers ,92,0.2
Waterborne transportation (nonvessel) ,,
,87,0.2
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"Heavy-rail transit (e.g., subway)",,
,80,0.2
Air taxi,71,0.2
Waterborne transportation (vessel-related),,
,32,0.07
Light-rail transit,30,0.07
"RR employees/
contractors on duty",,
,27,0.06
"Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit)",,
,22,0.05
Gas distribution pipelines,22,0.05

Gas transmission pipelines,15,0.03
Transit buses (not related to accidents)c,,
,8,0.02
Commuter air ,5,0.01
Passengers on railroad trains,,
,4,<0.01
Hazardous liquid pipelines,1,<0.01
  Totald,"44,188",100
Redundant with abovee,,,,,
  Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants,,,,,
,"5,211",,,,
"  Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles",,,,,
,306,,,,
  Grade crossings (not involving motor vehicles),,,,,
,64,,,,
"  Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles",,,,,
,55,,,,
  Commuter rail (included in railroad),,,,,
,87,,,,
  Transit buses (accident-related),,,,,
,82,,,,
Outside planes in crashes,13,,,,
Demand-responsive transit (accident-related),,,,,
,8,,,,
a Includes all nonoccupant fatalities except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.,,,,,
b Includes fatalities outside trains.    c Includes homicides and suicides.,,,,,
"d Unless otherwise specified, includes fatalities outside the vehicle.   ",,,,,
"e For transit bus and demand-responsive transit, occupant fatalities are counted under “bus” and nonoccupant fatalities are counted under ""pedestrians,"" ""pedalcyclists,"" or other motor vehicle categories. ",,,,,
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Key: MV = motor vehicle; RR = railroad.,,,,,
"Source: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2001, available Spring 2002 at www.bts.gov, or email to answers@bts.gov.",,,,,
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