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Table 2-1: Transportation Fatalities by Mode
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TOTAL
fatalities |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
47,347 |
44,320 |
42,032 |
42,810 |
43,558 |
44,527 |
44,798 |
44,444 |
(R)
43,911 |
(R)
44,044 |
(R)
44,334 |
44,933 |
45,096 |
U |
Air |
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U.S.
air carrierb |
499 |
261 |
146 |
124 |
1 |
526 |
39 |
(n) 50 |
33 |
1 |
239 |
168 |
380 |
8 |
1 |
12 |
92 |
531 |
0 |
(P) 22 |
Commuter
carrierc |
N |
N |
N |
28 |
37 |
37 |
6 |
(n) 77 |
21 |
24 |
25 |
9 |
14 |
46 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
13 |
0 |
(P)
2 |
On-demand
air taxid |
N |
N |
N |
69 |
105 |
76 |
51 |
78 |
68 |
42 |
63 |
52 |
63 |
39 |
45 |
38 |
71 |
60 |
(R) 35 |
(P) 45 |
General
aviatione |
787 |
1,029 |
1,310 |
1,252 |
1,239 |
956 |
767 |
799 |
867 |
744 |
730 |
735 |
636 |
631 |
624 |
619 |
(R) 596 |
562 |
(R) 581 |
(P) 631 |
Highway,
totalf |
36,399 |
47,089 |
52,627 |
44,525 |
51,091 |
43,825 |
44,599 |
41,508 |
39,250 |
40,150 |
40,716 |
41,817 |
(o)
42,065 |
42,013 |
41,501 |
41,717 |
41,945 |
42,196 |
42,815 |
42,643 |
Passenger
car occupants |
N |
N |
N |
25,929 |
27,449 |
23,212 |
24,092 |
22,385 |
21,387 |
21,566 |
21,997 |
22,423 |
22,505 |
22,199 |
21,194 |
20,862 |
20,699 |
20,320 |
20,416 |
19,460 |
Motorcyclists |
790 |
1,650 |
2,280 |
3,189 |
5,144 |
4,564 |
3,244 |
2,806 |
2,395 |
2,449 |
2,320 |
2,227 |
2,161 |
2,116 |
2,294 |
2,483 |
2,897 |
3,197 |
3,244 |
3,661 |
Truck
occupantsg, light |
N |
N |
N |
4,856 |
7,486 |
6,689 |
8,601 |
8,391 |
8,098 |
8,511 |
8,904 |
9,568 |
9,932 |
10,249 |
10,705 |
11,265 |
11,526 |
11,723 |
12,182 |
12,444 |
Truck
occupantsg, large |
N |
N |
N |
961 |
1,262 |
977 |
705 |
661 |
585 |
605 |
670 |
648 |
621 |
723 |
742 |
759 |
754 |
708 |
684 |
723 |
Bus
occupants |
N |
N |
N |
53 |
46 |
57 |
32 |
31 |
28 |
18 |
18 |
33 |
21 |
18 |
38 |
59 |
22 |
34 |
45 |
40 |
Pedestrians |
7,210 |
7,990 |
8,950 |
7,516 |
8,070 |
6,808 |
6,482 |
5,801 |
5,549 |
5,649 |
5,489 |
5,584 |
5,449 |
5,321 |
5,228 |
4,939 |
4,763 |
4,901 |
4,808 |
4,749 |
Pedalcyclists |
490 |
690 |
760 |
1,003 |
965 |
890 |
859 |
843 |
723 |
816 |
802 |
833 |
765 |
814 |
760 |
754 |
693 |
732 |
662 |
622 |
Otherh |
27,909 |
36,759 |
40,637 |
1,018 |
669 |
628 |
584 |
590 |
485 |
536 |
516 |
501 |
609 |
573 |
540 |
596 |
591 |
581 |
774 |
944 |
Railroadi |
2,345 |
2,533 |
2,225 |
1,492 |
1,417 |
1,036 |
1,297 |
1,194 |
1,170 |
1,279 |
1,226 |
1,146 |
1,039 |
1,063 |
1,008 |
932 |
937 |
971 |
951 |
(P)
856 |
Highway-rail
grade crossing |
1,421 |
1,610 |
1,440 |
917 |
833 |
582 |
698 |
608 |
579 |
626 |
615 |
579 |
488 |
461 |
431 |
402 |
425 |
421 |
(R) 357 |
(P) 329 |
Railroad |
924 |
923 |
785 |
575 |
584 |
454 |
599 |
586 |
591 |
653 |
611 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
512 |
550 |
(R) 594 |
(P) 531 |
Transitj |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
339 |
300 |
273 |
281 |
320 |
274 |
264 |
275 |
286 |
299 |
295 |
267 |
280 |
U |
Waterborne,
totalk |
N |
N |
2,016 |
2,039 |
1,847 |
1,377 |
1,051 |
1,010 |
1,006 |
1,009 |
963 |
975 |
856 |
959 |
982 |
888 |
838 |
820 |
(R) 873 |
816 |
Vessel-relatedl |
N |
N |
178 |
243 |
206 |
131 |
85 |
30 |
96 |
114 |
78 |
51 |
52 |
50 |
71 |
61 |
49 |
59 |
(R) 64 |
(P) 46 |
Not
related to vessel casualtiesl |
N |
N |
420 |
330 |
281 |
130 |
101 |
56 |
94 |
95 |
101 |
95 |
95 |
88 |
96 |
93 |
88 |
80 |
(R) 59 |
(P) 67 |
Recreational
boatingm |
739 |
1,360 |
1,418 |
1,466 |
1,360 |
1,116 |
865 |
924 |
816 |
800 |
784 |
829 |
709 |
821 |
815 |
734 |
701 |
681 |
750 |
(P) 703 |
Pipeline,
total |
N |
N |
30 |
15 |
19 |
33 |
9 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
22 |
21 |
53 |
10 |
(R)
21 |
(R)
22 |
38 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
Hazardous
liquid pipeline |
N |
N |
4 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Gas
pipeline |
N |
N |
26 |
8 |
15 |
28 |
6 |
14 |
10 |
17 |
21 |
18 |
48 |
10 |
(R) 19 |
(R) 18 |
37 |
7 |
(R) 11 |
12 |
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 Carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, all scheduled and
nonscheduled service. Since Mar. 20,
1997, 14 CFR 121 include aircraft with 10 or more seats that 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 data. In 2001,
other than the persons aboard the aircrafts who were killed, fatalities
resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded.
c All scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (commuter
air carriers). Before Mar. 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 for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent data.
d Nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (on-demand
air taxis).
e All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121
and 14 CFR 135.
f The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) typically revises its most recent
annual estimates the following year. The 2002 highway data here remain
unrevised from the date of publication, but may be revised in the future.
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 vehicle types and other
nonmotorists. For 1960-70, the U.S.
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
did not break out fatality data to the same level of detail as in later
years, so fatalities for those years also include occupants of passenger
cars, trucks, and buses.
i Includes Amtrak. Highway-rail grade crossing fatalities data
for 1970 and before is not comparable with data after 1970 due to change in
reporting system. Fatalities include
those resulting from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain
incidents. Highway-rail grade crossing fatalities are also counted under
highway, except train occupants.
j Fatalities include those resulting from all reportable
incidents, not just from accidents. Directly Operated (DO) modes only.
k Vessel-related casualties include those involving damage to
vessels such as collisions or groundings. Fatalities not related to vessel
casualties include deaths from falling overboard or from accidents involving
onboard equipment.
l 1992-2001 data come from
the Marine Safety Management Information System and 2002-03 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.
m Data are based on
information provided by the States, the District of Columbia and the five
U.S. Territories to the Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database (BARD)
system. Research on the level of
underreporting of fatal accidents in the BARD, based on discrepancies between
the BARD and the Coast Guard Search and Rescue Management Information System
(SARMIS), found that approximately 6 percent of recreational boating
fatalities are not captured by the BARD system. Adjusting the number of recreational
boating fatalities included in the BARD in 2001 by 6 percent increases the
total to 722.
n U.S. air carrier figure does not include 12 persons killed
aboard a commuter aircraft when it and a US Air airliner collided; commuter
air carrier figure does not include 22 persons killed aboard a US Air
airliner when it and a commuter aircraft collided.
o Includes 2 fatalities that
have not been assigned to a specific vehicle type.
NOTES
Numbers
may not add to the total because some fatalities are counted in more than one
mode. Total fatalities is derived from table 2-4 and earlier editions of this
table. To avoid double counting, the following adjustments are made: most
(not all) highway-rail grade-crossing fatalities have not been added because
most (not all) such fatalities involve motor vehicles and, thus, are already
included in highway fatalities; for transit, all commuter rail fatalities and
motor-bus, trolley-bus, demand-responsive, and van-pool fatalities arising
from accidents have been subtracted because they are counted as railroad,
highway, or highway-rail grade-crossing fatalities. The reader cannot reproduce the total
fatalities in this table by simply leaving out the number of highway-rail
grade-crossing fatalitites in the sum and subtracting the above transit
submodes, because in so doing, grade-crossing fatalities not involving motor
vehicles would be left out (see table 2-35 on rail). An example of such a
fatality is a bicyclist hit by a train at a grade crossing.
Caution
must be exercised in comparing fatalities across modes because significantly
different definitions are used. In
particular, rail and transit fatalities include incident-related (as distinct
from accident-related) fatalities, such as fatalities from falls in transit
stations or railroad employee fatalities from a fire in a workshed.
Equivalent fatalities for the air and highway modes (fatalities at airports
not caused by moving aircraft or fatalities from accidents in automobile
repair shops) are not counted toward the totals for these modes. Thus, fatalities not necessarily directly
related to in service transportation are counted for the transit and rail
modes, potentially overstating the risk for these modes.
SOURCES
Air:
1960: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air
Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1967
(Washington, DC: December 1968).
1965-70: Ibid., Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1975, NTSB/ARC-77/1 (Washington, DC: January 1977).
1975: Ibid., Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1983, NTSB/ARC-87/01 (Washington, DC: February 1987), table 18.
1980: Ibid., Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), tables 2
and 16.
1985-2003:
Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation, table 5 as of Sept. 10, 2004 and
personal communication.
Commuter:
1975-80: 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.
1985-2003:
Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation, table 8 as of Sept. 10, 2004 and
personal communication.
On-demand air taxi:
1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier
Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01
(Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.
1985-2003: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation, table 9
as of Sept. 10, 2004 and personal communication.
General aviation:
1960-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. General
Aviation, Calendar Year 1970,
NTSB/ARG-74/1 (Washington, DC: April 1974), table 117.
1975-80: Ibid., Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation, Calendar Year 1985, NTSB/ARG-87/03 (Washington, DC: October 1987), table
21.
1985-2003: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation, table 10
as of Sept. 10, 2004 and personal communication.
Highway:
1960-65: Estimated by U.S. Department of
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from data
supplied by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for
Health Statistics, and individual state accident reports (adjusted to 30-day
deaths). Fatalities data prior to 1975 have been adjusted to reflect the
Fatality Analysis Reporting System's definition of a fatal crash as one that
involves a motor vehicle on a trafficway that results in the death of a
vehicle occupant or a nonmotorist within 30 days of the crash.
1970: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts
2001, DOT HS 809 100 (Washington, DC:
December 2002), table 4, available at Internet site
www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2001.pdf as of August 2003.
1975-2002: Ibid., Traffic Safety
Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington,
DC: 2004), table 4, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002Final.pdf as of
Sept. 10, 2004.
2003: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts
2003: Overview, DOT HS 809 767
(Washington, DC: 2004), table 1, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2003/809767.pdf as of Sept.
10, 2004.
Rail:
Highway-rail grade crossing:
1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident
Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1975-80: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad
Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, personal
communication.
1985-90: 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:
1960-65: National Safety Council, Accident
Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1970-90: 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:
1990-92: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Safety Management Information
Statistics 1999 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 41.
1993-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Transit Safety and Security
Statistics and Analysis Annual Report,
(Washington, DC: 2004) available at 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 communication, May
28, 2003 and Oct. 13, 2004.
Recreational boating:
1960-2002: Ibid., Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics
(Washington, DC: Annual issues), also available at Internet site
http://www.uscgboating.org as of Sept. 10, 2004.
2003: Ibid., Office of Boating Safety, Comparison
of U.S. Recreational Boating Fatalities,
Internet site http://www.uscgboating.org as of Sept. 10, 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, located at Internet site http://ops.dot.gov as of Sept.
13, 2004.
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