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2-1
Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1990–2007
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| Air |
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| Large air carriera |
39 |
22 |
50 |
1 |
| Commuter air carriera |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| On-demand air taxia |
51 |
18 |
16 |
43 |
| General aviationa |
770 |
563 |
703 |
491 |
| Highwayb |
44,599 |
43,510 |
42,708 |
41,059 |
| Pipeline, gas and
hazardous liquid |
9 |
16 |
19 |
15 |
| Railroadc |
599 |
525 |
534 |
510 |
| Transitd |
339 |
236 |
227 |
214 |
| Waterborne |
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| Vessel-related, commercial ship |
85 |
45 |
48 |
52 |
| Nonvessel-relatede, commercial
ship |
101 |
35 |
39 |
32 |
| Recreational boating |
865 |
697 |
710 |
685 |
a Includes people on planes and on the ground. b Includes motor vehicle occupants, nonoccupants, and fatalities at railroad crossings. c Includes fatalities from nontrain incidents as well as train incidents and accidents. Also includes train occupants and nonoccupants except motor vehicle occupants at grade crossings. d Fatalities resulting from all reportable incidents, not just accidents. Includes commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, motorbus, demand response, van pool, and automated guideway. e Fatalities unrelated to vessel accidents, e.g., individual falling overboard and drowning.
Key: R = revised.
Notes: 1990 and 2006 data for general aviation are revised. 2005 and 2006 data for railroad are revised. 2006 data for Highway is revised.
Sources: Air— National Transportation Safety Board, Highway— National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Pipeline— Office of Pipeline Safety, Rail— Federal Railroad Administration, Transit— Federal Transit Administration and personal communication, Water— U.S. Coast Guard as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-1, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of January 2009.
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