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Table 2-33a: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Incidentsb
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Fatalities, total |
339 |
300 |
273 |
281 |
320 |
274 |
264 |
275 |
286 |
299 |
295 |
267 |
280 |
234 |
248 |
Motor busc |
110 |
88 |
99 |
83 |
108 |
82 |
101 |
109 |
109 |
102 |
90 |
95 |
78 |
87 |
77 |
Light rail |
7 |
13 |
9 |
15 |
13 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
23 |
17 |
30 |
21 |
13 |
17 |
22 |
Heavy rail |
117 |
103 |
91 |
83 |
85 |
79 |
74 |
77 |
54 |
84 |
80 |
59 |
73 |
49 |
59 |
Commuter rail |
104 |
93 |
74 |
98 |
112 |
92 |
72 |
79 |
94 |
95 |
87 |
87 |
116 |
77 |
86 |
Demand responsive |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Van pool |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Automated guideway |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Injured persons, total |
54,556 |
52,125 |
55,089 |
52,668 |
58,193 |
57,196 |
55,288 |
56,132 |
55,990 |
55,325 |
56,697 |
53,945 |
19,260 |
18,235 |
18,982 |
Motor busc |
40,006 |
38,619 |
40,090 |
38,873 |
42,195 |
41,297 |
39,709 |
39,181 |
41,035 |
41,221 |
40,925 |
38,840 |
11,995 |
11,493 |
11,898 |
Light rail |
1,244 |
1,251 |
1,268 |
982 |
1,181 |
1,319 |
1,604 |
1,087 |
1,076 |
1,271 |
1,338 |
1,201 |
557 |
539 |
633 |
Heavy rail |
10,036 |
9,285 |
10,446 |
10,532 |
11,673 |
11,238 |
11,093 |
12,285 |
11,059 |
9,665 |
10,848 |
10,641 |
4,806 |
4,158 |
4,738 |
Commuter rail |
2,438 |
2,308 |
2,546 |
1,560 |
2,374 |
2,374 |
1,953 |
2,388 |
1,677 |
1,761 |
1,783 |
1,813 |
1,483 |
1,597 |
1,364 |
Demand responsive |
807 |
622 |
713 |
652 |
731 |
935 |
882 |
1,121 |
1,064 |
1,345 |
1,736 |
1,374 |
347 |
401 |
296 |
Van pool |
21 |
40 |
19 |
59 |
29 |
25 |
27 |
54 |
67 |
41 |
52 |
40 |
44 |
18 |
38 |
Automated guideway |
4 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
20 |
16 |
12 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
28 |
29 |
15 |
All incidents, total |
90,163 |
83,139 |
73,531 |
64,986 |
70,693 |
62,471 |
59,392 |
61,561 |
60,094 |
58,703 |
59,898 |
58,149 |
30,331 |
19,797 |
20,939 |
Motor busc |
70,437 |
63,453 |
52,182 |
45,580 |
49,185 |
42,780 |
40,456 |
40,524 |
41,616 |
41,094 |
41,677 |
40,321 |
19,892 |
11,053 |
11,787 |
Light rail |
1,465 |
1,543 |
1,492 |
1,136 |
1,413 |
1,276 |
1,350 |
1,173 |
1,121 |
1,182 |
1,319 |
1,299 |
1,105 |
983 |
931 |
Heavy rail |
12,178 |
14,102 |
15,512 |
15,082 |
15,869 |
14,327 |
13,748 |
15,151 |
13,516 |
12,196 |
12,782 |
12,406 |
7,078 |
5,554 |
6,222 |
Commuter rail |
3,031 |
2,716 |
3,160 |
2,111 |
3,115 |
2,847 |
2,449 |
3,078 |
2,410 |
2,499 |
2,072 |
2,159 |
1,720 |
1,749 |
1,598 |
Demand responsive |
2,965 |
1,241 |
1,137 |
946 |
1,062 |
1,173 |
1,284 |
1,454 |
1,221 |
1,577 |
1,871 |
1,719 |
478 |
414 |
353 |
Van pool |
84 |
83 |
40 |
121 |
39 |
58 |
80 |
162 |
194 |
135 |
160 |
209 |
35 |
11 |
29 |
Automated guideway |
3 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
25 |
19 |
16 |
20 |
17 |
36 |
23 |
33 |
19 |
Unlinked passenger trips (millions)d, total |
7,646 |
7,380 |
7,318 |
7,059 |
7,335 |
7,172 |
7,211 |
7,615 |
7,774 |
8,149 |
8,337 |
8,554 |
8,519 |
8,230 |
8,246 |
Motor busc |
4,912 |
4,780 |
4,728 |
4,585 |
4,567 |
4,539 |
4,464 |
4,554 |
4,712 |
4,926 |
4,959 |
5,065 |
5,078 |
4,810 |
4,732 |
Light rail |
174 |
184 |
187 |
187 |
274 |
249 |
259 |
259 |
273 |
289 |
316 |
327 |
333 |
334 |
345 |
Heavy rail |
2,252 |
2,123 |
2,119 |
1,960 |
2,149 |
2,034 |
2,157 |
2,429 |
2,393 |
2,521 |
2,632 |
2,728 |
2,688 |
2,667 |
2,748 |
Commuter rail |
286 |
274 |
262 |
303 |
318 |
322 |
302 |
311 |
360 |
374 |
388 |
390 |
380 |
375 |
377 |
Demand responsive |
14 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
48 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
27 |
23 |
25 |
25 |
Van pool |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
Automated guideway |
6 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
Rates per 100 million unlinked passenger trips
(millions)e |
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Fatalities, all modes |
4.4 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
Motor busc |
2.2 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
Light rail |
4.0 |
7.1 |
4.8 |
8.0 |
4.7 |
6.0 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
8.4 |
5.9 |
9.5 |
6.4 |
3.9 |
5.1 |
6.4 |
Heavy rail |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
Commuter rail |
36.4 |
33.9 |
28.3 |
32.4 |
35.2 |
28.6 |
23.8 |
25.4 |
26.1 |
25.4 |
22.4 |
22.3 |
30.6 |
20.5 |
22.8 |
Demand responsive |
0 |
22.6 |
0 |
13.5 |
12.0 |
33.9 |
65.5 |
14.6 |
18.1 |
4.3 |
32.8 |
18.6 |
0 |
15.9 |
0 |
Van pool |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
Automated guideway |
17.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Injured persons, all modes |
714 |
706 |
753 |
746 |
793 |
798 |
767 |
737 |
720 |
679 |
680 |
631 |
226 |
222 |
230 |
Motor busc |
815 |
808 |
848 |
848 |
924 |
910 |
890 |
860 |
871 |
837 |
825 |
767 |
236 |
239 |
251 |
Light rail |
715 |
682 |
677 |
524 |
432 |
529 |
620 |
419 |
394 |
440 |
423 |
368 |
167 |
162 |
183 |
Heavy rail |
446 |
437 |
493 |
537 |
543 |
553 |
514 |
506 |
462 |
383 |
412 |
390 |
179 |
156 |
172 |
Commuter rail |
853 |
843 |
972 |
516 |
747 |
738 |
646 |
769 |
466 |
471 |
459 |
465 |
391 |
425 |
362 |
Demand responsive |
5,835 |
4,678 |
5,393 |
4,401 |
4,390 |
5,286 |
5,251 |
2,336 |
4,821 |
5,846 |
7,113 |
5,117 |
1,524 |
1,593 |
1,189 |
Van pool |
1,037 |
1,721 |
584 |
1,398 |
638 |
537 |
461 |
701 |
773 |
411 |
524 |
405 |
453 |
167 |
364 |
Automated guideway |
68 |
0 |
127 |
194 |
160 |
123 |
317 |
272 |
195 |
389 |
239 |
464 |
364 |
353 |
160 |
All incidents, all modes |
1,179 |
1,126 |
1,005 |
921 |
964 |
871 |
824 |
808 |
773 |
720 |
718 |
680 |
356 |
241 |
254 |
Motor busc |
1,434 |
1,327 |
1,104 |
994 |
1,077 |
943 |
906 |
890 |
883 |
834 |
840 |
796 |
392 |
230 |
249 |
Light rail |
842 |
841 |
796 |
606 |
516 |
512 |
522 |
452 |
411 |
410 |
417 |
398 |
331 |
295 |
270 |
Heavy rail |
541 |
664 |
732 |
769 |
738 |
705 |
637 |
624 |
565 |
484 |
486 |
455 |
263 |
208 |
226 |
Commuter rail |
1,060 |
991 |
1,207 |
698 |
980 |
885 |
810 |
991 |
670 |
668 |
533 |
554 |
453 |
466 |
424 |
Demand responsive |
21,440 |
9,333 |
8,600 |
6,385 |
6,378 |
6,632 |
7,644 |
3,030 |
5,532 |
6,854 |
7,666 |
6,402 |
2,099 |
1,645 |
1,418 |
Van pool |
4,147 |
3,570 |
1,229 |
2,867 |
858 |
1,245 |
1,366 |
2,104 |
2,238 |
1,353 |
1,611 |
2,116 |
360 |
102 |
277 |
Automated guideway |
51 |
28 |
145 |
194 |
160 |
154 |
396 |
323 |
260 |
371 |
271 |
464 |
299 |
401 |
203 |
a The
figures for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, and ferry boat are lumped
together and appear in this footnote. Note that the 2003 data include 11
fatalities and 70 injuries that resulted from the Oct. 16, 2003 Staten Island
Ferry incident.
Fatalities: |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
Injuries: |
378 |
327 |
399 |
383 |
616 |
598 |
354 |
357 |
379 |
1,091 |
762 |
897 |
35 |
133 |
58 |
Incidents: |
186 |
411 |
400 |
411 |
650 |
536 |
301 |
353 |
253 |
1,078 |
745 |
891 |
69 |
90 |
59 |
b Incidents
include accidents (collisions with vehicles, objects, people (except
suicides), derailments/vehicles going off road), plus personal casualties,
fires, and property damage associated with transit agency revenue vehicles
and all transit facilities.
c Motor bus also includes trolley bus.
d The
number of unlinked passenger trips is equivalent to the number of passengers
who board public transit vehicles.
Passengers are counted each time they board a vehicle regardless of
how many vehicles are necessary for a passenger to get to their destination.
e Rates are based on total incidents
including accidents and were calculated by dividing the number of fatalities,
injuries, and incidents in this table by the number of unlinked passenger
trips.
f The drop in the number of incidents and
injuries is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit
Administration, particularly the definition of injuries. Only injuries requiring immediate medical
treatment away from the scene now qualify as reportable. Previously, any injury was reportable. Commuter rail data are now derived from the
Federal Railroad Administration's Rail Accident Incident Reporting System
(RAIRS).
NOTES
Data are provided only for transit systems
that furnished safety data for inclusion in the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Transit
Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis annual reports. Data covers only
directly operated urban transit systems. Vehicle-miles for all transit
systems including nonurban and purchased can be found in the vehicle-miles
table in chapter 1.
Prior to the 2000 edition, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis
Report was entitled Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) annual report.
Analysts for the FTA believe the change in
reporting requirements in 2002 may have resulted in unreliable data in that
year, particularly for injuries and incidents. The reliability of reporting
is believed to be much better in 2003 and is expected to improve in the
future.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Transit Administration, 2004 Transit Safety and
Security Statistics and Analysis Report (Cambridge, MA: 2005) and personal communications, Oct. 13, 2004, Apr. 22,
2005, and Apr. 24, 2006.
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