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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2007
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| Passenger car occupants |
16,520 |
38.39 |
| Light-truck occupants |
12,413 |
28.85 |
| Motorcycle
riders |
5,154 |
11.98 |
| Pedestrians struck by motor
vehicles |
4,654 |
10.82 |
| Large-truck occupants |
802 |
1.86 |
| Pedalcyclists struck by motor
vehicles |
698 |
1.62 |
| Other and unknown motor
vehicle occupants |
629 |
1.46 |
| Recreational boating |
685 |
1.59 |
| General aviation |
491 |
1.14 |
| Railroad trespassers
(excl. grade crossings)a |
469 |
1.09 |
| Other nonoccupants struck
by motor vehiclesb |
152 |
0.35 |
| Grade crossings, not
involving motor vehiclesc |
73 |
0.17 |
| Air
carriers |
1 |
0.002 |
| Waterborne transportation
(vessel-related) |
52 |
0.12 |
| Waterborne
transportation (nonvessel-related) |
32 |
0.07 |
| Private grade crossings,
with motor vehiclesa |
37 |
0.09 |
| Heavy-rail transit (e.g.,
rail subway) |
30 |
0.07 |
| Bus occupants (school,
intercity, transit) |
37 |
0.09 |
| Rail employees on duty
and contractorsa |
21 |
0.05 |
| Air
taxi |
43 |
0.10 |
| Gas distribution pipelines |
9 |
0.02 |
| Light-rail transit |
20 |
0.05 |
| Gas transmission
pipelines |
2 |
0.005 |
| Passengers on railroad trains |
4 |
0.01 |
| Commuter air |
0 |
0.00 |
| Hazardous liquid pipelines |
4 |
0.01 |
| Total, all modese |
43,032 |
100.00 |
| Other counts, redundant
with above |
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| Crashes involving large
trucksd |
U |
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| Public grade crossings,
with motor vehiclesa |
263 |
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| Commuter rail |
70 |
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a Includes fatalities outside trains. b Includes all nonoccupant fatalities in motor vehicle (MV) crashes, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians. c Public grade crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles are included in MV counts. d Includes large truck occupants, other vehicle occupants, and non occupants. e Unless otherwise noted, includes fatalities outside vehicles.
Key: U = unavailable.
Note: The data for general aviation, air taxi, and commuter air are preliminary.
Sources: Air—National Transportation Safety Board, Highway—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Rail—Federal Railroad Administration, Transit—Federal Transit Administration, Waterborne—U.S. Coast Guard, Recreational boating—Office of Boating Safety, Pipeline—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-4, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of January 2009.
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