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Table 3-1
Transportation Fatalities by Mode
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| Fatalities, total |
4,184 |
3,794 |
3,502 |
10,234 |
9,121 |
9,472 |
47,248 |
44,426 |
44,697 |
| Air |
99 |
117 |
75 |
24 |
30 |
86 |
864 |
963 |
1,089
|
| Air carriers |
30 |
59 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
97 |
229 |
457 |
| General aviation |
69 |
58 |
47 |
24 |
30 |
86 |
767 |
734 |
632 |
| Road |
3,963 |
3,351 |
3,091 |
10,201 |
9,043 |
9,305 |
44,599 |
41,817 |
a42,065 |
| Passenger cars and light trucks |
2,804 |
2,473 |
2,264 |
2,919 |
2,385 |
2,562 |
32,693 |
31,991 |
32,437 |
| Passenger cars |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
24,092 |
22,423 |
22,505 |
| Motorcycles |
260 |
166 |
128 |
54 |
138 |
142 |
3,244 |
2,227 |
2,161 |
| Buses |
8 |
6 |
0 |
279 |
271 |
279 |
32 |
33 |
21 |
| Large trucks |
107 |
72 |
59 |
67 |
125 |
176 |
705 |
648 |
621 |
| Pedestrians |
584 |
416 |
460 |
1,388 |
1,038 |
1,111 |
6,482 |
5,584 |
5,449 |
| Other |
200 |
218 |
180 |
25 |
408 |
225 |
1,443 |
1,334 |
1,374 |
| Pipeline |
0 |
0 |
0 |
U |
U |
U |
9 |
21 |
53 |
| Rail |
103 |
120 |
119 |
9 |
48 |
81 |
1,297 |
1,146 |
1,039 |
| Grade crossing |
48 |
53 |
47 |
U |
U |
U |
698 |
579 |
488 |
| Railroad |
55 |
67 |
72 |
U |
U |
U |
599 |
567 |
551 |
| Transit, total |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
339 |
274 |
264 |
| Transit rail |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
228 |
186 |
152 |
| Water transport |
N |
206 |
217 |
N |
N |
N |
950 |
875 |
759 |
| Passenger vessels |
N |
195 |
210 |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
| Recreational boats |
N |
194 |
209 |
N |
N |
N |
865 |
829 |
709 |
| Commercial passenger vessels |
6 |
1 |
1 |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
| Commercial freight vessels |
13 |
11 |
7 |
N |
N |
N |
U |
U |
U |
aIncludes two fatalities that have not been assigned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to a subcategory.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
All Countries
Fatalities, total: For the United States, the number for total
fatalities is less than the sum of the fatalities listed for individual modes
because some fatalities are counted in more than one mode. That is, the United
States has corrected for double counting in calculating total fatalities (see
Appendix B). For Canada, the total shown is the sum of the modal totals and
has not been corrected for double counting. (Note also, that Canadian fatality
data for transit does not exist nor does Canadian fatality data for recreational
boats for 1990. These data, if available, would increase the overall fatality
totals for Canada.) For Mexico, the total is the sum of air, road and rail only,
and therefore the total number of transportation fatalities is underrepresented.
Air: United States and Canada include fatalities from both passenger
and all-cargo flights. Mexico includes fatalities from passenger flights only.
For Canada and the United States, the air carrier data are for their own national
flag carriers, operating both domestic and international flights.
Road: Data refer to occupants of the road motor vehicles listed.
Other comprises pedalcyclists, other nonmotorists (except pedestrians, who are
separately listed) and occupants of other or unknown motor vehicles.
Road: For road especially, it is important to note that the United
States and Canada (except for the Province of Quebec) count all fatalities that
occur within 30 days of the crash (and can be attributed to the crash), whereas
Mexico counts those fatalities that occur at the site of the crash. See Appendix
B, All Countries.
Water transport: United States and Canadian data are not comparable in several respects. See Appendix B, All Countries.
Mexico
Road: Includes 5,469, 4,678 and 4,810 fatalities that occurred on the federal highway network in 1990, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
These fatalities cannot be allocated to a specific vehicle category but are included in the road total.
SOURCES
Canada
Air: Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Special tabulation. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Road: Transport Canada. Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation.
Traffic Accident Information Database. Special tabulation. (Ottawa, Ont.:
1998).
Pipeline: Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Special tabulation. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Rail: Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB). Minister of
Public Works and Government Services. TSB Statistical Summary: Railway
Occurrences 1997. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Water, commercial passenger and freight vessels: Transportation
Safety Board of Canada (TSB). Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
TSB Statistical Summary: Marine Occurrences 1997. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Water, recreational boats: Canadian Red Cross. Special tabulation. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Mexico
Air carriers: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
Road and rail: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía
e Informática. Dirección de Estadísticas Económicas,
based on data collected by the Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito
Federal and the Direcciones de Seguridad Pública y Vialidad and their
equivalent agencies at state and local levels. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Road (in areas under federal jurisdiction): Secretaría
de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Polica Federal
de Caminos y Puertos. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
United States
U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
National Transportation Statistics 1998 and National Transportation
Statistics 1999. (Washington, DC: 1998 and 1999).
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