Table 3
Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000
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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) |
461 |
1.0 |
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 |
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 |
100.0 |
Redundant with abovee |
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Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants |
5,211 |
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Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
306 |
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Grade crossings (not involving motor vehicles) |
64 |
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Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
55 |
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Commuter rail (included in railroad) |
87 |
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Transit buses (accident-related) |
82 |
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Outside planes in crashes |
13 |
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Demand-responsive transit (accident-related) |
8 |
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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.
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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