Figure 1
Fatality Rates for Selected Modes
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Notes: For air carriers, the data were smoothed, using an
exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the
year-to-year fluctuations. For air carriers, fatalities resulting from the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks include only those persons onboard
aircraft.
Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Satety Facts 2003 tables 7-10 as of January 2005. Air
carriers and general aviation-USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, tables 2-9 and 2-14, available at http://www.bts.gov, as
of September 2005.
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