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Table 2-4: Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode
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TOTAL of all modesa |
44,084 |
100.0 |
44,384 |
100.0 |
44,941 |
100.0 |
45,299 |
100.0 |
45,126 |
100.0 |
(R) 44,997 |
100.0 |
(R) 45,571 |
100.0 |
44,912 |
100.0 |
Passenger
car occupants |
20,862 |
47.3 |
20,699 |
46.6 |
20,320 |
45.2 |
20,569 |
45.4 |
19,725 |
43.7 |
(R)
19,192 |
42.7 |
(R)
18,512 |
40.6 |
17,800 |
39.6 |
Light-truck
occupants |
11,265 |
25.6 |
11,526 |
26.0 |
11,723 |
26.1 |
12,274 |
27.1 |
12,546 |
27.8 |
(R)
12,674 |
28.2 |
(R)
13,037 |
28.6 |
12,721 |
28.3 |
Pedestrians
struck by motor vehicles |
4,939 |
11.2 |
4,763 |
10.7 |
4,901 |
10.9 |
4,851 |
10.7 |
4,774 |
10.6 |
(R)
4,675 |
10.4 |
(R)
4,892 |
10.7 |
4,784 |
10.7 |
Motorcyclists |
2,483 |
5.6 |
2,897 |
6.5 |
3,197 |
7.1 |
3,270 |
7.2 |
3,714 |
8.2 |
(R)
4,028 |
9.0 |
(R)
4,576 |
10.0 |
4,810 |
10.7 |
Large-truck
occupants |
759 |
1.7 |
754 |
1.7 |
708 |
1.6 |
689 |
1.5 |
726 |
1.6 |
(R) 766 |
1.7 |
(R) 804 |
1.8 |
805 |
1.8 |
Pedalcyclists
struck by motor vehicles |
754 |
1.7 |
693 |
1.6 |
732 |
1.6 |
665 |
1.5 |
629 |
1.4 |
(R) 727 |
1.6 |
(R) 786 |
1.7 |
773 |
1.7 |
Recreational
boating |
734 |
1.7 |
701 |
1.6 |
681 |
1.5 |
750 |
1.7 |
703 |
1.6 |
676 |
1.5 |
697 |
1.5 |
710 |
1.6 |
Other
and unknown motor vehicle occupants |
447 |
1.0 |
450 |
1.0 |
458 |
1.0 |
528 |
1.2 |
589 |
1.3 |
(R) 602 |
1.3 |
(R) 659 |
1.4 |
739 |
1.6 |
General
aviation |
619 |
1.4 |
596 |
1.3 |
562 |
1.3 |
581 |
1.3 |
632 |
1.4 |
558 |
1.2 |
(R) 563 |
1.2 |
(P) 698 |
1.6 |
Railroad trespassersb (excluding grade crossings) |
479 |
1.1 |
463 |
1.0 |
511 |
1.1 |
540 |
1.2 |
(R) 501 |
1.1 |
(R) 475 |
1.1 |
463 |
1.0 |
520 |
1.2 |
Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesc |
149 |
0.34 |
141 |
0.32 |
123 |
0.27 |
114 |
0.25 |
140 |
0.31 |
128 |
0.28 |
186 |
0.41 |
183 |
0.41 |
Grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesd |
57 |
0.13 |
64 |
0.14 |
76 |
0.17 |
47 |
0.10 |
(R) 53 |
0.12 |
(R) 82 |
0.18 |
76 |
0.17 |
64 |
0.14 |
Air
taxi |
38 |
0.09 |
71 |
0.16 |
60 |
0.13 |
35 |
0.08 |
42 |
0.09 |
64 |
0.14 |
18 |
0.04 |
(P) 16 |
0.04 |
Heavy
rail transit (subway) |
84 |
0.19 |
80 |
0.18 |
59 |
0.13 |
73 |
0.16 |
49 |
0.11 |
59 |
0.13 |
35 |
0.08 |
32 |
0.07 |
Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) |
136 |
0.31 |
134 |
0.30 |
94 |
0.21 |
74 |
0.16 |
74 |
0.16 |
57 |
0.13 |
35 |
0.08 |
39 |
0.09 |
Bus
occupants (school, intercity, and transit) |
59 |
0.13 |
22 |
0.05 |
34 |
0.08 |
45 |
0.10 |
41 |
0.09 |
(R) 42 |
0.09 |
58 |
0.13 |
27 |
0.06 |
Waterborne
transportation (vessel-related) |
58 |
0.13 |
53 |
0.12 |
53 |
0.12 |
62 |
0.14 |
53 |
0.12 |
36 |
0.08 |
45 |
0.10 |
48 |
0.11 |
Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
36 |
0.08 |
55 |
0.12 |
30 |
0.07 |
39 |
0.09 |
32 |
0.07 |
33 |
0.07 |
26 |
0.06 |
38 |
0.08 |
Railroad
employees, contractors, and volunteers on duty (excluding grade crossings) |
31 |
0.07 |
22 |
0.05 |
23 |
0.05 |
22 |
0.05 |
20 |
0.04 |
25 |
0.06 |
28 |
0.06 |
19 |
0.04 |
Light
rail transit |
17 |
0.04 |
30 |
0.07 |
21 |
0.05 |
13 |
0.03 |
17 |
0.04 |
22 |
0.05 |
19 |
0.04 |
13 |
0.03 |
Railroad-related,
not otherwise specified (excluding grade crossings) |
17 |
0.04 |
23 |
0.05 |
13 |
0.03 |
25 |
0.06 |
11 |
0.02 |
20 |
0.04 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Gas
distribution pipelines |
16 |
0.04 |
22 |
0.05 |
5 |
0.01 |
10 |
0.02 |
11 |
0.02 |
18 |
0.04 |
(R) 14 |
0.03 |
16 |
0.04 |
Transit buses, fatalities not related to accidentse |
12 |
0.03 |
8 |
0.02 |
6 |
0.01 |
14 |
0.03 |
14 |
0.03 |
16 |
0.04 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Air
carriers |
12 |
0.03 |
92 |
0.21 |
(h) 531 |
1.18 |
0 |
0.00 |
22 |
0.05 |
14 |
0.03 |
22 |
0.05 |
(P) 50 |
0.11 |
Hazardous
liquid pipelines |
4 |
0.01 |
1 |
<0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
1 |
<0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
5 |
0.01 |
2 |
<0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
Passengers
on railroad trains (excluding grade crossings) |
3 |
0.01 |
4 |
0.01 |
3 |
0.01 |
7 |
0.02 |
(R) 2 |
<0.01 |
3 |
<0.01 |
16 |
0.04 |
2 |
<0.01 |
Demand response transit, fatalities not related to
accidentse |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
2 |
<0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
3 |
<0.01 |
0 |
<0.01 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Commuter
air |
12 |
0.03 |
5 |
0.01 |
13 |
0.03 |
0 |
0.00 |
2 |
<0.01 |
0 |
<0.01 |
2 |
<0.01 |
(P) 2 |
<0.01 |
Gas
transmission pipelines |
2 |
<0.01 |
15 |
0.03 |
2 |
<0.01 |
1 |
<0.01 |
1 |
<0.01 |
0 |
<0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
3 |
0.01 |
Other counts, redundant with abovef |
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Large-truck
occupants and nonoccupants |
5,380 |
NA |
5,282 |
NA |
5,111 |
NA |
4,939 |
NA |
5,036 |
NA |
(R)
5,235 |
NA |
5,212 |
NA |
4,995 |
NA |
Public
grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
309 |
NA |
306 |
NA |
315 |
NA |
271 |
NA |
249 |
NA |
(R) 257 |
NA |
256 |
NA |
266 |
NA |
Commuter
rail |
95 |
NA |
87 |
NA |
87 |
NA |
116 |
NA |
77 |
NA |
86 |
NA |
105 |
NA |
U |
NA |
Transit
buses, accident-related fatalities |
90 |
NA |
82 |
NA |
89 |
NA |
64 |
NA |
73 |
NA |
61 |
NA |
U |
NA |
U |
NA |
Outside
planes in crashesg |
5 |
NA |
14 |
NA |
11 |
NA |
6 |
NA |
6 |
NA |
1 |
NA |
U |
NA |
U |
NA |
Demand
response transit, accident-related fatalities |
1 |
NA |
8 |
NA |
3 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
U |
NA |
U |
NA |
KEY: NA = not applicable; P = preliminary; R =
revised.
a Unless otherwise specified, includes fatalities outside
the vehicle.
b Includes fatalities outside trains, except at
grade crossings.
c Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists
and pedestrians.
d Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles
are included in counts for motor vehicles.
e Fatalities not related to transit bus and
demand responsive transit accidents are not included under highway submodes.
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.
h Other
than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting
from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded.
SOURCES
Air data:
National Transportation Safety Board, Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Sept. 5, 2007.
Highway data:
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, DOT HS 809 403 (Washington, DC: 2006), tables 4 and 11,
Internet site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/TSF2006FE.PDF as of Feb. 14,
2008.
Railroad data:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, FRA
Accident/Incident and Inspections Query,
Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Query/Default.asp as of Feb. 14, 2008.
Transit data:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Transit Safety and Security
Statistics and Analysis (Washington, DC:
Annual issues) and personal communications, Apr. 22, 2005, Apr. 24, 2006, and
Sept. 5, 2007.
Waterborne transportation:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data
Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, June 8, 2005, and
Aug. 12, 2007.
Recreational boating:
Ibid., Office of Boating Safety, Boating
Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual
issues).
Pipeline data:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Internet site http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of Sept. 5, 2007.
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