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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000,,,,
Category,Number,Percent,,
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",,,,,
Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants,"5,282",,,,
"Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles",306,,,,
Commuter rail (included in RR categories),87,,,,
"Transit buses, accident-related ",82,,,,
Outside planes in crashes ,13,,,,
Demand-responsive transit (accident-related),8,,,,
"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. ",,,,,
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"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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