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Table 3
Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000
Excel |
CSV
| Passenger car occupants |
R20,699 |
46.7 |
| Light-truck occupants |
R11,526 |
26.0 |
| Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles |
R4,763 |
10.7 |
| Motorcyclists |
R2,897 |
6.5 |
| Large-truck occupants |
R754 |
1.7 |
| Recreational boating |
701 |
1.6 |
| Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles |
R693 |
1.6 |
| General aviation |
594 |
1.3 |
| RR trespassers (excluding grade crossings)a |
463 |
1.0 |
| Unknown and other motor vehicle occupants |
R450 |
1.0 |
| Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesb |
R141 |
0.3 |
| Air carriers |
92 |
0.2 |
| Waterborne transportation (nonvessel) |
87 |
0.2 |
| Heavy rail transit (e.g., subway) |
80 |
0.2 |
| Air taxi |
71 |
0.2 |
| Grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesc |
64 |
0.1 |
| Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
55 |
0.1 |
| Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) |
32 |
0.1 |
| Light-rail transit |
30 |
0.1 |
| RR employees on duty and contractors |
25 |
0.1 |
| Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit) |
22 |
0.1 |
| Gas distribution pipelines |
22 |
0.1 |
| RR-related, not otherwise specified |
20 |
0.1 |
| Gas transmission pipelines |
15 |
0.0 |
| Transit buses, not related to accidentsd |
8 |
0.0 |
| Commuter air |
5 |
0.0 |
| Passengers on railroad trains |
4 |
<0.01 |
| Hazardous liquid pipelines |
1 |
<0.01 |
| Totale |
R44,314 |
100.0 |
| Other counts, redundant with abovef |
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| Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants |
5,282 |
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| Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles |
306 |
|
| Commuter rail (included in RR categories) |
87 |
|
| Transit buses, accident-related |
82 |
|
| Outside planes in crashes |
13 |
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| Demand-responsive transit (accident-related) |
8 |
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a Includes fatalities outside trains.
b Includes all nonoccupant fatalities except pedalcyclists and
pedestrians.
c Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor
vehicles are included in counts for motor vehicles.
d Includes homicides and suicides.
e Unless otherwise specified, includes
fatalities outside the vehicle.
f In the above, fatalities at grade crossings with motor vehicles are included under relevant motor vehicle
modes. Commuter rail fatalities are counted under RR. For transit bus and demand-responsive transit, occupant fatalities are counted under "bus" and
nonoccupant fatalities are counted under "pedestrians," "pedalcyclists,"
or other motor vehicle categories.
Key: R = revised;
RR = railroad.
Source: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002
(Washington, DC: 2002), table 2-4.
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