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2006 Transit Safety
and Security Statistics |
The Transit
Safety & Security Statistics &
Analysis Annual Report (click
here to order) continues to provide
uniformly collected comprehensive
safety and security data. These data
are collected from all recipients or
beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula
funds through the
National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting System.
Why is
there a large drop in certain data elements beginning with
2002? |
The extreme drop in the
incidents, injuries, collisions, and not otherwise
classifieds (personal casualties) for 2002 is due to
the change of the incident thresholds, specifically
the definition of injuries, in the NTD. The injury
definition was changed for the 2002 revision of the
NTD to coincide with other USDOT modes. Only
incidents involving immediate medical treatment away
from the scene now qualify as reportable injuries.
Previously, any reported incident/injury was
reported to NTD. It was felt that this resulted in
the collection of claims-based as opposed to
safety-based data.
The property damage reportable threshold was also
changed for 2002. Incidents that involve total
property damage (not only transit property)
exceeding $7500 are reportable to the NTD.
Previously, the threshold for property damage
incidents was $1000 in transit property damage only.
Also, all Commuter Rail (CR) Safety statistics are
now derived from the FRA Rail Accident Incident
Reporting System (RAIRS). |
Purchased Transportation consists of
public transit agencies or private
carriers who provide public mass
transportation services under contract
to recipients of Urbanized Area Formula
funds. Purchased Transportation
reported data are only for those
services provided under contract. A
list of all reporters is included in
the body of this report.
Transit safety data are collected in
four basic categories: Collisions,
Derailments / Buses going off road,
Personal Casualties, and Fires. Each
of these categories is further
delineated in order to obtain detailed
information on the exact nature of the
incident. All transit agencies subject
to NTD reporting are required to report
safety data.
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