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Table 2-10. U.S. Commuter Air Carriera Safety Data

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999P
Total fatalities 37 37 7 d77 21 24 25 9 14 46 0 12
Total seriously injured persons 14 16 11 31 7 2 32 25 2 1 2 2
Total accidents 38 18 15 23 e23 16 10 12 11 R16 8 13
Fatal 8 7 4 8 7 4 3 2 1 5 0 5
Aircraft-miles (millions) 192 301 450 434 508 555 594 550 591 R252 R51 42
Rates per 100 million aircraft-miles                        
Fatalitiesb 19.27 12.29 1.56 17.74 4.13 4.32 4.21 1.64 2.37 R18.28 0.00 28.57
Seriously injured persons 7.29 5.32 2.44 7.14 1.38 0.36 5.40 4.55 0.34 R0.40 R3.94 4.76
Total accidentsb,c 19.79 5.98 3.33 5.30 R4.53 2.88 1.68 2.18 1.86 6.37 R15.76 30.95
Fatal b,c 4.17 2.33 0.89 1.84 1.38 0.72 0.51 0.36 0.17 R1.99 0.00 11.90
Aircraft departures (thousands) 1,777 2,561 3,160 2,820 3,115 3,601 3,581 3,220 3,515 R1,394 R707 530
Rates per 100 thousand aircraft departures                        
Fatalitiesb 2.08 1.44 0.22 2.73 0.67 0.67 0.70 0.28 0.40 3.30 0.00 2.26
Seriously injured persons 0.79 0.62 0.35 1.10 0.22 0.06 0.89 0.78 R0.057 R0.072 R0.28 0.38
Total accidentsc 2.14 0.70 0.48 0.82 R0.74 0.44 0.28 0.37 0.31 R1.15 R1.13 2.45
Fatal c 0.45 0.27 0.13 0.28 0.23 0.11 R0.084 R0.062 R0.028 0.36 0.00 0.94
Flight hours (thousands) 1,176 1,737 2,342 2,292 2,335 2,638 2,784 2,628 2,757 983 R354 269
Rates per 100 thousand flight hours                        
Fatalities 3.15 2.13 0.30 3.36 0.90 0.91 0.90 0.34 0.51 4.68 0.00 4.46
Seriously injured persons 1.19 0.92 0.47 1.35 0.30 R0.076 1.15 0.95 R0.073 0.10 R0.57 0.74
Total accidentsc 3.23 1.04 0.64 1.00 R0.98 0.61 0.36 0.46 0.40 R1.63 R2.26 4.83
Fatal c 0.68 0.40 0.17 0.35 0.30 0.15 0.11 R0.076 R0.036 0.51 0.00 1.86

a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, scheduled service. Includes accidents involving all-cargo air carriers when those accidents occurred during scheduled  14 CFR 135 operations. Before March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 applied to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with  fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data with more recent years' data.
b Data updated by rounding to two significant digits instead of one.
c Rates are based on all accidents, including some that involve operators not reporting mileage or other traffic data to the U.S. Department of Transportation
d Total fatalities for 1991 do not include the 22 persons killed aboard an airliner when it and a commuter aircraft collided.
e An attempted suicide case in 1992 is included in accidents but excluded in accident rates in this table.

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.

NOTES: Miles, departures, and hours are compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. Rates are computed by dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and fatal accidents by the number of miles, departures, or flight hours. These figures are based on information provided by airlines to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Ofiice of Airline Information.

SOURCES:
Fatalities, accidents, aircraft-miles, aircraft departures and flight hours:
1980: 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.
1985-99: Ibid. Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table 8.htm, as of May 9, 2000. Serious injuries:
1980-94: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations  (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-99: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, 1996; 1997; 1998; and Mar. 28, 2000.