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Table 2-4: Distribution of Transportation Fatalities
by Mode
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| TOTAL of all modese |
44,190 |
100.0 |
R44,036 |
100.0 |
| Passenger car occupants |
20,492 |
46.4 |
R20,862 |
47.5 |
| Light-truck occupants |
11,418 |
25.8 |
R11,265 |
25.7 |
| Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles |
4,739 |
10.7 |
R4,939 |
11.2 |
| Motorcyclists |
2,862 |
6.5 |
R2,483 |
5.7 |
| Large-truck occupants |
741 |
1.7 |
R759 |
1.7 |
| Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants |
714 |
1.6 |
447 |
1.0 |
| Recreational boating |
701 |
1.6 |
734 |
1.7 |
| Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles |
690 |
1.6 |
R754 |
1.7 |
| General aviation |
594 |
1.3 |
R619 |
1.4 |
| Railroad Trespassersa (excluding grade crossings) |
463 |
1.0 |
R479 |
1.1 |
| Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesb |
143 |
0.3 |
149 |
0.3 |
| Air carriers |
92 |
0.2 |
12 |
0.03 |
| Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) |
87 |
0.2 |
R86 |
0.2 |
| Heavy rail transit (subway) |
80 |
0.2 |
84 |
0.2 |
| Air taxi |
71 |
0.2 |
38 |
0.09 |
| Grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesc |
64 |
0.1 |
57 |
0.1 |
| Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
55 |
0.1 |
36 |
0.08 |
| Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) |
32 |
0.07 |
R57 |
0.1 |
| Light rail transit |
30 |
0.07 |
17 |
0.04 |
| Railroad employees on duty and contractors |
25 |
0.06 |
38 |
0.09 |
| Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit) |
22 |
0.05 |
R59 |
0.1 |
| Gas distribution pipelines |
22 |
0.05 |
R19 |
0.04 |
| Railroad-related, not otherwise specified |
20 |
0.05 |
10 |
0.02 |
| Gas transmission pipelines |
15 |
0.03 |
2 |
>0.01 |
| Transit buses, fatalities not related to accidentsd |
8 |
0.02 |
R12 |
0.03 |
| Commuter air |
5 |
0.01 |
12 |
0.03 |
| Passengers on railroad trains |
4 |
0.01 |
3 |
0.01 |
| Hazardous liquid pipelines |
1 |
>0.01 |
4 |
0.01 |
| Demand response transit, fatalities not related to accidentsd |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Other counts, redundant with abovef |
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| Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants |
5,211 |
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5,380 |
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| Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
306 |
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R309 |
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| Commuter rail |
87 |
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95 |
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| Transit buses, accident-related fatalities |
82 |
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R90 |
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| Outside planes in crashesg |
13 |
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5 |
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| Demand responsive transit, accident-related
fatalities |
8 |
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KEY: R = revised.
a Includes fatalities outside trains, except at grade
crossings.
b Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists
and pedestrians.
c
Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles
are included in counts for motor vehicles.
d Fatalities
not related to transit bus and demand responsive transit accidents are not included
under highway submodes.
e Unless otherwise specified, includes fatalities
outside the vehicle.
f Fatalities at grade crossings with motor vehicles
are included under relevant motor vehicle modes. Commuter rail fatalities are
counted under railroad. For transit bus and demand responsive transit accidents,
occupant fatalities are counted under "bus" and nonoccupant fatalities
are counted under "pedestrians," "pedalcyclists," or other
motor vehicle categories.
g Includes nonoccupant fatalities resulting from aviation
accidents.
SOURCES:
Air data: National Transportation Safety Board, Internet
site www.ntsb.gov/aviation as of May 8, 2002.
Highway data: U.S. Department of Transportation, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000 (DOT
HS 809 337) (Washington, DC : December 2001), table 4 and Fatality Analysis
Reporting System (FARS) Query, June 5, 2002.
Railroad data: U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad
Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: July 2001),
table 1-3.
Transit data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (Washington,
DC: Annual issues).
Waterborne transportation: U.S. Department of Transportation,
U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication,
Dec. 12, 2001.
Recreational boating: Ibid. Office of Boating Safety. Boating
Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
Pipeline data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research
and Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, and Internet site
http://ops.dot.gov as of June 4, 2002.
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