Table 2-3:  Transportation Accidents by Mode,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
Air,"4,883","5,279","4,767","4,232","3,818","2,935","2,388","2,334","2,228","2,172","2,140","2,179","2,046","1,991","2,040","2,043","1,985","1,852","1,823","1,869","(R) 1,717","1,781","1,603"
U.S. air carriera,90,83,55,37,19,21,24,26,18,23,23,36,37,49,50,51,56,46,41,54,(R) 30,40,31
Commuter carrierb,N,N,N,48,38,18,15,23,23,16,10,12,11,16,8,13,12,7,7,2,(R) 4,6,3
On-demand air taxic,N,N,N,152,171,157,107,88,76,69,85,75,90,82,77,74,80,72,60,(R) 74,66,66,54
General aviationd,"4,793","5,196","4,712","3,995","3,590","2,739","2,242","2,197","2,111","2,064","2,022","2,056","1,908","(R) 1,844","(R) 1,905","1,905","1,837","(R) 1,727","1,715","(R) 1,739","(R) 1,617","1,669","1,515"
"Highway, total crashese",N,N,N,N,N,N,"6,471,000","6,117,000","6,000,000","6,106,000","6,496,000","6,699,000","6,770,000","6,624,000","6,335,000","6,279,000","6,394,000","6,323,000","6,316,000","6,328,000","6,181,000","6,159,000","5,973,000"
Passenger car,N,N,N,N,N,N,"5,560,592","5,178,450","5,042,203","5,040,116","5,401,164","5,593,685","5,598,699","5,423,286","5,146,124","4,915,734","4,926,243","4,831,842","4,802,056","4,746,620","(R) 4,557,453","4,498,869","4,341,688"
Motorcycle,N,N,N,N,N,N,"103,114","105,030","72,177","74,565","68,752","66,354","66,224","61,451","54,477","57,322","68,783","73,342","76,004","79,131","(R) 85,557","100,686","101,474"
"Truckf, light",N,N,N,N,N,N,"2,152,486","2,200,134","2,191,171","2,407,212","2,573,701","2,749,596","2,880,782","2,900,896","2,866,729","3,079,617","3,207,738","3,254,105","3,272,326","3,345,367","(R) 3,370,062","3,381,985","3,355,291"
"Truckf, large",N,N,N,N,N,N,"371,801","318,637","362,807","383,220","444,697","362,883","378,335","421,377","391,807","452,444","437,861","(R) 409,372","(R) 416,477","(R) 436,161","(R) 399,156","423,016","367,920"
Bus,N,N,N,N,N,N,"60,412","56,285","49,705","51,353","55,818","58,847","57,185","53,376","53,385","62,591","55,594","54,264","57,958","57,674","(R) 52,148","50,427","51,554"
"Railroad, totalg",N,N,"11,654","20,117","18,817","10,194","8,594","8,046","7,269","7,503","7,483","7,092","6,700","6,262","6,083","6,257","6,485","6,260","5,815","(R) 5,991","(R) 6,454","6,299","5,823"
Highway-rail grade crossingh,"3,195","3,820","3,559","12,076","10,612","6,919","5,715","5,388","4,910","4,892","4,979","4,633","4,257","3,865","3,508","3,489","3,502","3,237","3,077","2,977","(R) 3,076","3,053","2,920"
Railroadi,N,N,"8,095","8,041","8,205","3,275","2,879","2,658","2,359","2,611","2,504","2,459","2,443","2,397","2,575","2,768","2,983","3,023","2,738","(R) 3,014","(R) 3,378","3,246","2,903"
"Transit, totalj",N,N,N,N,N,N,"58,002","46,467","36,380","30,559","29,972","25,683","25,166","24,924","23,937","23,310","24,261","23,891","13,968","7,793","7,842","8,151","8,851"
Highway-rail grade crossingk,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,127,134,119,106,140,148,101,190,125,178,148,141
Transitl,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,"25,556","25,032","24,805","23,831","23,170","24,113","23,790","13,778","7,668","7,664","8,003","8,710"
"Waterborne, total",N,N,"6,385","9,618","10,137","9,676","10,024","8,795","(R) 11,631","(R) 12,461","(R) 13,649","(R) 13,368","(R) 13,286","(R) 13,551","(R) 13,828","(R) 13,457","(R) 13,143","(R) 11,377","(R) 11,713","(R) 10,601","9,866","9,946","10,367"
Vessel-relatedm,N,N,"2,582","3,310","4,624","3,439","3,613","2,222","(R) 5,583","(R) 6,126","(R) 6,743","(R) 5,349","(R) 5,260","(R) 5,504","(R) 5,767","(R) 5,526","(R) 5,403","(R) 4,958","(R) 6,008","(R) 5,163","4,962","4,977","5,400"
Recreational boating,"2,738","3,752","3,803","6,308","5,513","6,237","6,411","6,573","6,048","6,335","6,906","8,019","8,026","8,047","8,061","7,931","7,740","6,419","5,705","5,438","4,904","4,969","4,967"
"Pipeline, total",N,N,"1,428","1,592","1,770",517,378,449,389,445,467,349,381,346,389,339,380,341,(R) 331,(R) 370,(R) 443,489,386
Hazardous liquid pipeline,N,N,351,254,246,183,180,216,212,229,245,188,194,171,153,167,146,130,(R) 147,(R) 131,(R) 144,138,110
Gas pipeline,N,N,"1,077","1,338","1,524",334,198,233,177,216,222,161,187,175,236,172,234,211,184,(R) 239,(R) 299,351,276
KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a  Carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, all scheduled and nonscheduled service.  Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes only aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent years' data.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"b  All scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135.  Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes only aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135.  This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent years' data. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
c  Nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
d  All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"e  The U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration uses the term ""crash"" instead of accident in its highway safety data. Highway crashes often involve more than one motor vehicle, hence ""total highway crashes"" is smaller than the sum of the components. Estimates of highway crashes are rounded to the nearest thousand in the source document.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"f   Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors. Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
g  Includes Amtrak. Accidents and incidents resulting from freight and passenger rail operations including commuter rail. Railroad accident data for 1970 and before are not comparable with post-1970 data due to a change in the reporting system.  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
h Accidents and incidents occurring at highway-rail crossings resulting from freight and passenger rail operations including commuter rail. Data not comparable after 1970 due to change in reporting system. Most highway-rail grade crossing accidents are also counted under highway.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
i  Train accidents only.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"j  Accident figures include collisions with vehicles, objects, and people, derailments / vehicles going off the road.  Accident figures do not include fires and personal casualties. The drop in the number of accidents in 2002 is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit Administration, particularly the definition of injuries.  Only injuries requiring immediate medical treatment away from the scene now qualify as reportable. Previously, any injury was reportable. Directly Operated (DO) modes only.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
k Accidents occurring at highway-rail grade crossings resulting from operations of public transit rail modes including commuter rail. Data for light rail crossings are: 1995 (98); 1996 (97); 1997 (66); 1998 (66); 1999 (103); 2000 (106); 2001 (54); 2002 (112); 2003 (66); 2004 (107).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
l Accidents occurring at highway-rail grade crossings resulting from operations of public transit rail modes excluding commuter rail. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"m 1992-97 data come from the Marine Safety Management Information System. Between 1998 and 2001 the U.S. Coast Guard phased in a new computer system to track safety data, the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. During that period data come from combining entries in the Marine Safety Management Information System with entries in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. Data for 2002 and 2003 come from the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System.  Data for prior years come from other sources and may not be directly comparable. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"The motor vehicle crash data in this table come from the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations' General Estimates System (GES), which began operation in 1988. GES data are obtained from a nationally representative probability sample selected from all police-reported crashes.  The GES sample includes only crashes where a police accident report was completed and the crash resulted in property damage, injury, or death.  The resulting figures do not take into account crashes that were not reported to the police or did not result in property damage.  ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"The Federal Railroad Administration defines a grade crossing as a location where a public highway, road, street, or private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks at grade. The Federal Transit Adminstration defines two types of grade crossings: (1) At grade, mixed, and cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which other traffic moving in the same direction or other cross directions may pass. This includes city street right-of-way; (2) At grade with cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which no other traffic may pass, except to cross at grade-level crossings. This can include median strip rights-of-way with grade level crossings at intersecting streets. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Air:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Air carrier:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1960: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1967 (Washington, DC: December 1968).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1965-70: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1975, NTSB/ARC-77/1 (Washington, DC: January 1977). ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1975: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1983, NTSB/ARC-87/01 (Washington, DC: February 1987), table 18.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1980: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), tables 2 and 16.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-2006: Ibid., personal communication, Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Commuter air carrier:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1980, NTSB/ARC-83/01 (Washington, DC: January 1983), tables 26 and 40. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-2006: Ibid., personal communication, Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
On-demand air taxi:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-2006: Ibid., personal communication, Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
General aviation:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1960-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation, Calendar Year 1970, NTSB/ARG-74/1 (Washington, DC: April 1974), table 117. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1975-80: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation, Calendar Year 1985, NTSB/ARG-87/03 (Washington, DC: October 1987), table 21. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-2006: Ibid., personal communication, Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Highway:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Total:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2003, DOT HS 809 775 (Washington, DC: 2004), table 1, Internet site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2003F.pdf as of June 14, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Passenger car, motorcycle, light truck, large truck, and bus:",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Database and General Estimates System Database, personal communication, Nov. 17, 2004.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Rail:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Highway-rail grade crossings:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Grade-Crossing Accidents (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1975-80: Ibid., Office of Policy and Program Development, personal communication.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-90: Ibid., Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table S.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1991-99: Ibid., Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington, DC: August 2003), table 1-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2000-06: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Default.asp as of Dec. 2, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Railroad:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 4.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1991-99: Ibid., Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington, DC: August 2003), table 1-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2000-2006: Ibid., Internet site http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Default.asp as of Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Transit:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Highway-rail grade crossings:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Office of Program Management, personal communication as of Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Transit:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1990-92: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: 2000), pp. 51-54 and personal communication, July 28, 2003.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1993-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues) Internet site http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/data/SAMIS.asp as of Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe Center, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Program, personal communication, Sept. 7, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Water:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Vessel-related:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-91: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis, Compliance Analysis Division, personal communication, Apr. 13, 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1992-2004: U.S Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, June 8, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Recreational boating:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), Internet site http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_stats.htm as of Sept. 4, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, Internet site http://ops.dot.gov as of Nov. 18, 2003. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1990-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, Internet site http://ops.dot.gov as of Sept. 4, 2007. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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