TABLE J-2 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2004
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| Passenger car occupants |
19,091 |
42.61% |
| Light-truck occupants |
12,602 |
28.13% |
| Pedestrians struck by highway vehicles |
4,641 |
10.36% |
| Motorcyclists |
4,008 |
8.95% |
| Heavy-truck occupants |
761 |
1.70% |
| Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicle |
725 |
1.62% |
| Recreational boating |
676 |
1.51% |
| Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants |
639 |
1.43% |
| General aviation |
558 |
1.25% |
| Railroad trespassers (excluding grade crossing) |
478 |
1.07% |
| Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehicles |
128 |
0.29% |
| Grade crossings, not including motor vehicles |
83 |
0.19% |
| Air taxi |
64 |
0.14% |
| Heavy rail transit |
59 |
0.13% |
| Waterborne, not related to vessel casualties |
57 |
0.13% |
| Bus occupants |
41 |
0.09% |
| Waterborne, commercial vessel-related |
36 |
0.08% |
| Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
33 |
0.07% |
| Railroad employees, contractors, and volunteers on duty |
25 |
0.06% |
| Light rail transit |
22 |
0.05% |
| Railroad-related, not otherwise specified |
20 |
0.04% |
| Gas transmission and distribution pipeline |
18 |
0.04% |
| Transit buses, fatalities not related to accidents |
16 |
0.04% |
| Air carriers |
14 |
0.03% |
| Hazardous liquid pipeline |
5 |
0.01% |
| Passengers on railroad trains |
3 |
0.01% |
| Total Fatalities |
44,803 |
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| Other counts, redundant with above |
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| Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants |
5,190 |
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| Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
252 |
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| Commuter rail |
86 |
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| Transit buses, accident-related fatalities |
61 |
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| Outside planes in crashes |
1 |
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NOTES: See Table J-1 for detailed notes.
SOURCES: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2006, table 2-4, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of August 2006.
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