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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2004,,
Category,Number,%
Passenger car occupants ,"19,091",42.6
Light-truck occupants ,"12,602",28.1
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles ,"4,641",10.4
Motorcyclists ,"4,008",8.9
Large-truck occupants ,761,1.7
Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles ,725,1.6
Recreational boating ,676,1.5
Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants ,639,1.4
General aviation ,558,1.2
Railroad trespassers (excl. grade crossings)a ,482,1.1
Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesb ,128,0.29
"Grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesa",83,0.19
Air taxi ,64,0.14
"Heavy-rail transit (e.g., subway) ",59,0.13,,
Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) ,57,0.13,,
"Bus occupants (school, intercity, transit) ",41,0.09,,
Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) ,36,0.08,,
"Private grade crossings, with motor vehiclesa",33,0.07,,
Rail employees on duty and contractorsa,25,0.06,,
Light-rail transit ,22,0.05,,
"Rail-related, not otherwise specifieda",20,0.04,,
Gas distribution pipelines ,18,0.04,,
"Transit buses, not accident-relatedd ",16,0.04,,
Air carriers ,14,0.03,,
Hazardous liquid pipelines,5,0.01,,
Passengers on railroad trains ,3, <0.01,,
"Total, all modes","44,807",100,,
"Other counts, redundant with above",,,,
Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants ,,"5,190",,
"Public grade crossings, with motor vehiclesc",,252,,,
"Commuter raila,d ",,86,,,
"Transit buses, accident-relatede",,61,,,
   Outside planes in crashesf ,,1,,,
"a Unless otherwise specified, rail categories include fatalities outside trains.  b Includes all nonoccupant fatalities in motor vehicles (MV) crashes, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.  c Fatalities at grade crossings with MVs are included under relevant MV modes above.  d Commuter rail fatalities are counted under various rail categories above.  e Transit bus and demand-response occupant fatalities are counted under “bus,” and nonoccupant fatalities are counted under “pedestrians,” “pedalcyclists,” or other MV categories.  f Includes nonoccupant fatalities in aviation accidents.   ",,,,,
"Sources: Various sources as cited in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-4, available at http://www.bts.gov, as of October 2006.",,,,,
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