BTS | Table 2-32: Transit Safety Data by Mode (a) for All Reported Accidents (b)

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Table 2-32: Transit Safety Data by Mode^a for All Reported Accidents^b

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	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999
Fatalities
Motor bus^c	92	80	91	79	90	69	82	100	90	91
Light rail	5	11	6	14	10	10	5	3	14	13
Heavy rail	51	59	33	37	41	43	32	28	18	21
Commuter rail	63	63	43	59	82	56	30	52	67	64
Demand responsive	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	2	2	1
Van pool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Automated guideway	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	212	215	173	191	225	179	152	185	192	190
Injured persons
Motor bus^c	18,876	19,016	20,556	20,862	19,663	20,879	21,222	20,145	20,138	20,291
Light rail	465	474	468	361	327	355	680	320	332	427
Heavy rail	296	308	273	365	309	348	431	336	261	286
Commuter rail	84	560	110	210	216	159	213	99	66	54
Demand responsive	286	200	233	224	399	395	379	499	492	632
Van pool	16	36	13	58	24	23	25	52	53	37
Automated guideway	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Total	20,023	20,594	21,653	22,081	20,939	22,159	22,950	21,452	21,343	21,727
Accidents
Motor bus^c	55,289	44,467	34,282	28,596	27,754	23,819	23,425	22,995	22,277	21,137
Light rail	699	671	600	449	512	309	341	363	328	300
Heavy rail	144	188	613	662	744	637	346	325	293	396
Commuter rail	175	248	181	208	266	216	201	192	193	215
Demand responsive	1,613	814	668	524	659	647	774	886	664	862
Van pool	81	79	35	119	36	54	78	160	179	130
Automated guideway	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	0
Total	58,002	46,468	36,380	30,559	29,972	25,683	25,166	24,924	23,937	23,040
Vehicle miles (millions)
Motor bus^c	1,668	1,661	1,688	1,690	1,702	1,702	1,687	1,719	1,779	1,835
Light rail	24	27	28	27	34	34	37	41	43	48
Heavy rail	529	522	520	518	522	537	543	558	566	578
Commuter rail	187	188	188	206	210	217	203	216	242	249
Demand responsive	74	71	72	77	94	109	108	134	157	167
Van pool	8	8	13	16	18	19	25	33	44	49
Automated guideway	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
Total	2,490	2,478	2,510	2,535	2,581	2,620	2,605	2,702	2,833	2,927
Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles^d
Fatalities
Motor bus^c	5.5	4.8	5.4	4.7	5.3	4.1	4.9	5.8	5.1	5.0
Light rail	20.8	40.3	21.2	51.1	29.6	29.0	13.3	7.4	32.3	27.1
Heavy rail	9.6	11.3	6.3	7.1	7.9	8.0	5.9	5.0	3.2	3.6
Commuter rail	33.6	33.4	22.9	28.6	39.0	25.8	14.8	24.1	27.6	25.7
Demand responsive	0	2.8	0	2.6	2.1	0.9	2.8	1.5	1.3	0.6
Van pool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Automated guideway	162.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69.0	0
Total	8.5	8.7	6.9	7.5	8.7	6.8	5.8	6.8	6.8	6.5
Injured persons
Motor bus^c	1,132	1,145	1,218	1,234	1,155	1,227	1,258	1,172	1,132	1,106
Light rail	1,933	1,735	1,654	1,318	968	1,030	1,815	785	767	889
Heavy rail	56	59	52	71	59	65	79	60	46	50
Commuter rail	45	297	59	102	103	73	105	46	27	22
Demand responsive	386	282	324	292	425	361	349	372	313	379
Van pool	208	430	103	363	132	123	101	158	121	75
Automated guideway	0	0	0	104	85	0	0	70	69	0
Total	804	831	863	871	811	846	881	794	753	742
Accidents
Motor bus^c	3,315	2,678	2,031	1,692	1,631	1,400	1,389	1,338	1,252	1,152
Light rail	2,906	2,456	2,121	1,639	1,516	897	910	891	758	624
Heavy rail	27	36	118	128	142	119	64	58	52	69
Commuter rail	93	132	96	101	127	100	99	89	80	86
Demand response	2,177	1,147	928	682	702	591	714	661	423	516
Van pool	1,052	944	278	744	198	289	314	485	408	263
Automated guideway	162	204	102	104	85	87	69	209	207	0
Total	2,329	1,875	1,450	1,205	1,161	980	966	922	845	787

KEY: R = revised.

^a Accident statistics for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, and ferry boat are not available. The number of incidents, fatalities, and injuries for these modes appear in the footnotes for table 2-33.

^b Accidents include collisions with vehicles, objects, people (except suicides), and derailments/vehicles going off road.

^c Motor bus also includes trolley bus.

^d Rates are based on total incidents including accidents and were calculated by dividing the number of fatalities, injuries, and incidents in this table by the number of vehicle miles.

NOTES: Data are provided only for transit systems that have provided safety data for inclusion in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) annual reports. SAMIS data cover only direct-operated urban transit systems. Vehicle-miles for all transit systems including nonurban and purchased can be found in the vehicle-miles table in chapter 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) 1999 Annual Report (Cambridge, MA: March 2001).

Table 2-32: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Accidentsb

Table 2-32: Transit Safety Data by Mode^a for All Reported Accidents^b