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Table 2
Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Excel |
CSV
Large air carriera |
146 |
1 |
39 |
92 |
531 |
Commuter air carriera |
N |
37 |
R7 |
5 |
13 |
On-demand air taxia |
N |
105 |
51 |
71 |
60 |
General aviationa |
1,310 |
1,239 |
767 |
592 |
553 |
Highwayb |
52,627 |
51,091 |
44,599 |
R41,945 |
42,116 |
Railroadc |
785 |
584 |
599 |
512 |
548 |
Transitd |
N |
N |
339 |
295 |
U |
Commercial ship |
|
|
|
|
|
Vessel |
178 |
206 |
85 |
32 |
U |
Nonvessele |
420 |
281 |
101 |
87 |
U |
Recreational boating |
1,418 |
1,360 |
865 |
701 |
U |
Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline |
30 |
19 |
9 |
38 |
7 |
a Includes people on planes and on the ground. For large air carriers, fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks include only those persons onboard aircraft.
b Includes occupants, nonoccupants, and motor vehicle fatalities at railroad
crossings.
c Includes fatalities from nontrain incidents as well as train incidents and accidents. Also includes train occupants and nonoccupants
except motor vehicle occupants at grade crossings.
d Fatalities resulting from all reportable incidents, not just accidents. Includes commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, motorbus, demand-responsive, van pool, and
automated guideway.
e Fatalities unrelated to vessel accidents,
e.g., individual falling overboard and drowning.
Key: N = data do not exist or are not cited because of reporting changes;
R = revised;
U = unavailable.
Source: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002
(Washington, DC: 2002), table 2-1.
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