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Table 2-2: Injured Persons by Transportation Mode
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TOTAL
injured persons |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
3,147,539 |
(R) 3,223,343 |
3,345,095 |
3,539,343 |
3,554,232 |
3,417,822 |
(R) 3,262,276 |
(R) 3,305,611 |
(R) 3,259,613 |
3,100,052 |
2,958,841 |
U |
Airb |
|
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U.S.
air carrierc |
N |
N |
107 |
81 |
19 |
19 |
30 |
29 |
26 |
22 |
19 |
31 |
25 |
77 |
43 |
30 |
67 |
(R) 29 |
(R) 19 |
(R) 24 |
30 |
Commuter
carrierd |
N |
N |
N |
N |
14 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
31 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
On-demand
air taxie |
N |
N |
N |
N |
43 |
43 |
44 |
36 |
26 |
19 |
24 |
32 |
14 |
22 |
23 |
10 |
(R) 15 |
12 |
(R) 24 |
(R) 16 |
15 |
General
aviationf |
N |
N |
715 |
769 |
681 |
681 |
501 |
409 |
432 |
408 |
385 |
415 |
396 |
365 |
350 |
327 |
322 |
(R) 309 |
(R) 321 |
(R) 297 |
326 |
Highway,
total |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
3,230,666 |
3,096,870 |
3,069,603 |
3,149,164 |
3,265,928 |
3,465,279 |
3,483,319 |
3,347,614 |
3,192,035 |
3,236,238 |
3,188,750 |
3,032,672 |
2,925,758 |
2,888,601 |
Passenger
car occupants |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
2,376,439 |
2,234,594 |
2,231,703 |
2,264,809 |
2,363,595 |
2,469,358 |
2,458,080 |
2,340,612 |
2,201,375 |
2,137,503 |
2,051,609 |
1,926,625 |
1,804,788 |
1,756,495 |
Motorcyclists |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
84,285 |
80,435 |
65,099 |
59,436 |
57,405 |
57,480 |
55,281 |
52,574 |
48,974 |
49,986 |
57,723 |
60,236 |
64,713 |
67,103 |
Truck occupantsg, light |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
505,144 |
562,601 |
544,657 |
600,874 |
631,411 |
722,496 |
761,478 |
754,820 |
762,506 |
846,865 |
886,566 |
860,527 |
879,338 |
889,048 |
Truck occupantsg, large |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
41,822 |
28,031 |
33,778 |
32,102 |
30,208 |
30,344 |
32,760 |
30,913 |
28,767 |
32,892 |
30,832 |
29,424 |
26,242 |
26,893 |
Bus
occupants |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
32,691 |
20,959 |
20,144 |
17,056 |
15,767 |
19,214 |
20,291 |
16,887 |
15,559 |
21,958 |
17,769 |
15,427 |
18,819 |
18,174 |
Pedestrians |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
104,805 |
88,446 |
89,184 |
94,001 |
91,987 |
85,837 |
81,797 |
77,011 |
68,955 |
85,235 |
77,625 |
77,619 |
70,664 |
69,949 |
Pedalcyclists |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
74,903 |
67,088 |
62,691 |
67,916 |
62,489 |
66,572 |
58,158 |
57,802 |
53,379 |
51,290 |
51,160 |
45,277 |
48,011 |
46,378 |
Otherh |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
10,578 |
14,716 |
22,348 |
12,969 |
13,065 |
13,977 |
15,473 |
16,995 |
12,519 |
10,509 |
15,466 |
17,536 |
13,182 |
14,561 |
Railroadi |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highway-rail
grade crossing |
3,367 |
3,725 |
3,272 |
3,860 |
3,550 |
3,550 |
2,687 |
2,407 |
2,094 |
1,975 |
1,837 |
1,961 |
1,894 |
1,610 |
1,540 |
1,303 |
1,396 |
1,219 |
1,157 |
999 |
1,002 |
Railroad |
16,113 |
21,930 |
17,934 |
50,138 |
58,696 |
58,696 |
31,617 |
22,736 |
21,374 |
19,408 |
17,284 |
14,851 |
12,546 |
10,948 |
10,227 |
10,156 |
10,304 |
10,424 |
9,828 |
(R)
10,104 |
7,956 |
Transitj |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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 |
U |
Waterborne, totalk |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
5,334 |
5,173 |
5,976 |
6,119 |
5,992 |
5,713 |
5,288 |
4,954 |
5,052 |
4,980 |
(R) 4,784 |
U |
Vessel-relatedl |
N |
N |
105 |
97 |
180 |
180 |
172 |
175 |
110 |
162 |
166 |
174 |
145 |
223 |
121 |
135 |
131 |
130 |
181 |
(R) 168 |
(P) 205 |
Not related to vessel casualtiesl |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
1,489 |
1,448 |
1,718 |
1,833 |
1,327 |
1,037 |
541 |
508 |
567 |
525 |
(R) 554 |
(P) 499 |
Recreational
boating |
929 |
927 |
780 |
2,136 |
2,650 |
2,650 |
2,757 |
3,822 |
3,967 |
3,683 |
3,559 |
4,084 |
4,141 |
4,442 |
4,555 |
4,612 |
4,315 |
4,355 |
4,274 |
4,062 |
3,888 |
Pipeline,
total |
N |
N |
254 |
231 |
192 |
192 |
126 |
76 |
98 |
118 |
111 |
1,971 |
64 |
127 |
77 |
81 |
108 |
81 |
61 |
49 |
71 |
Hazardous
liquid pipeline |
N |
N |
21 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
38 |
10 |
1,858 |
11 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
20 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
Gas
pipeline |
N |
N |
233 |
214 |
177 |
177 |
108 |
69 |
89 |
80 |
(R) 101 |
113 |
53 |
114 |
72 |
(R) 75 |
88 |
77 |
51 |
(R) 49 |
66 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R =
revised; U = data are not available.
a Other than the persons
aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September
11 terrorist acts are excluded.
b Injuries classified as serious. See
definitions of injuries in the glossary.
c All scheduled and nonscheduled service operating under 14
CFR 121. Since March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes only aircraft with 10 or
more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult
to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent years' data.
d All scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (commuter
air carriers). Before March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 applied to aircraft with 30
or fewer seats. Since March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with
fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data
for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with
more recent years' data.
e Nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (on-demand
air taxis).
f All operations other than those operating
under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.
g Large trucks are defined as trucks over
10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and
truck tractors. Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station
wagons, and utility vehicles.
h Includes occupants of other unknown vehicle
types and other nonmotorists.
i Includes Amtrak.
Figures include those injuries resulting from train accidents, train
incidents, and nontrain incidents. Injury figures also include occupational
illness. Railroad injuries data for 1970 and before are not comparable with
post-1970 data due to change in reporting system. Highway-rail grade crossing injuries are
counted under highway, except train occupants.
j Includes motor bus, commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail,
demand response, van pool, and automated guideway. Transit injuries include
those resulting from all reportable incidents, not just from accidents.
Directly Operated (DO) modes only. The drop in the number of injuries in 2002
is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit
Administration. Only injuries
requiring immediate medical treatment away from the scene now qualify as
reportable. Previously, any injury was
reportable.
k Vessel-related injuries include those involving damage to
vessels, such as collisions or groundings.
Injuries not related to vessel casualties include those from falls
overboard or from accidents involving onboard equipment.
l 1992-2001 data come from the Marine Safety
Management Information System and 2002 data come from the Marine Information
for Safety and Law Enforcement System.
Data for prior years come from other sources and may not be directly
comparable.
NOTES
The motor vehicle injury data in this table come from the U.S.
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's General Estimates System (GES). The data from GES, which began operation in
1988, are obtained from a nationally representative probability sample
selected from all police-reported crashes.
The GES sample includes only crashes where a police accident report
was completed and the crash resulted in property damage, injury, or
death. The resulting figures do not
take into account crashes that were not reported to the police or did not
result in property damage.
Numbers may not add to total because some injuries are counted
in more than one mode. To avoid double
counting, the following adjustments have been made in the total injured row:
- most (not all) highway-rail grade crossing injuries have not
been added because most (not all) such injuries involve motor vehicles and
are already included in highway injuries;
- for transit, all commuter rail injuries and motor-bus, trolley-bus,
demand-responsive, and van-pool injuries arising from accidents have been
subtracted because they are counted as railroad, highway, or highway-rail
grade crossing injuries.
The
reader cannot reproduce the total injuries count in this table by simply
leaving out the number of highway-rail grade crossing injuries in the sum and
subtracting the above transit submodes, because in so doing, grade-crossing
injuries not involving motor vehicles would be left out (see table 2-35 on
rail). An example of such an injury is a bicyclist injured by a train at a
grade crossing.
SOURCES
Air:
U.S. air carrier:
1970-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-2003: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal
communications, Aug. 8, 1996, Mar. 10, 1999, March 23, 2000, May 7, 2002,
Sep. 11, 2002, May 5, 2003, and Sept. 30, 2004.
Commuter carrier, and on-demand air taxi:
1980-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-2003: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal
communications, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, May 7, 2002, Sep. 11, 2002, May 5,
2003, and Sept. 30, 2004.
General aviation:
1970-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-2003: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal
communications, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, May 7, 2002, Sept. 11, 2002, May 5,
2003, Sept. 30, 2004.
Highway:
1990-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 1999, DOT HS 809 100 (Washington, DC: December 2000), table
4.
2000-03: Ibid., General Estimates System Database and personal
communication, Dec. 9, 2003 and Oct. 12, 2004.
Rail:
Highway-rail grade crossings:
1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident Facts,
1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1975: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, personal
communication.
1980-91: Ibid., Rail-Highway Crossing
Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin
(Washington, DC: Annual issues), table S.
1991-1999: Ibid., Interim Railroad
Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington,
DC: August 2003), table 1-1.
2000-2003: Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Default.asp as of Sept. 10,
2004.
Railroad:
1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident
Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1970-91: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory
Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues),
table 7.
1991-1999: Ibid., Interim Railroad
Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington,
DC: August 2003), table 1-1.
2000-2003: Ibid., Internet site
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/Default.asp as of Sept. 10,
2004.
Transit:
1990-1992: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1993-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Transit Safety and Security
Statistics and Analysis Annual Report
(Washington, DC: 2004), Internet site
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/data/SAMIS.asp as of Sept. 10, 2004.
Water:
Vessel- and nonvessel-related:
1970-91: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard,
Office of Investigations and Analysis, Compliance Analysis Division,
(G-MOA-2), personal communication, Apr. 13, 1999.
1992-2003: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast
Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communications, Dec.
12, 2001, May 28, 2003, and Oct. 13, 2004.
Recreational boating:
1960-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard,
Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics
(Washington, DC: Annual issues), also available at Internet site
http://www.uscgboating.org as of Oct. 19, 2004.
Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline:
1970-1985: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and
Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, Internet site http://ops.dot.gov as of Nov. 18, 2003.
1990-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and
Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, Internet site
http://ops.dot.gov as of Sept. 13, 2004.
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