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Table 2-3: Transportation Accidentsa by Mode
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| Air |
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| U.S. air carrierb |
90 |
83 |
55 |
37 |
19 |
21 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
23 |
23 |
36 |
37 |
49 |
50 |
51 |
56 |
45 |
41 |
| Commuter carrierc |
N |
N |
N |
48 |
38 |
18 |
15 |
23 |
23 |
16 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
16 |
8 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
8 |
| On-demand air taxid |
N |
N |
N |
152 |
171 |
157 |
107 |
88 |
76 |
69 |
85 |
75 |
90 |
82 |
77 |
73 |
80 |
72 |
59 |
| General aviatione |
4,793 |
5,196 |
4,712 |
3,995 |
3,590 |
2,739 |
R2,242 |
2,197 |
2,111 |
R2,064 |
2,022 |
2,056 |
1,908 |
1,845 |
1,904 |
1,906 |
R1,837 |
R1,726 |
1,714 |
| Highway, total crashesa |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
6,471,000 |
6,117,000 |
6,000,000 |
6,106,000 |
6,496,000 |
6,699,000 |
6,770,000 |
6,624,000 |
6,335,000 |
6,279,000 |
6,394,000 |
6,323,000 |
6,570,000 |
| Passenger car |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
5,561,000 |
5,178,000 |
5,042,000 |
5,040,000 |
5,401,000 |
5,594,000 |
5,599,000 |
5,423,000 |
5,146,000 |
4,916,000 |
4,926,000 |
4,832,000 |
6,606,000 |
| Motorcycle |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
103,000 |
105,000 |
72,000 |
75,000 |
69,000 |
66,000 |
66,000 |
61,000 |
54,000 |
57,000 |
69,000 |
73,000 |
78,000 |
| Truckf, light |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
2,152,000 |
2,200,000 |
2,191,000 |
2,407,000 |
2,574,000 |
2,750,000 |
2,881,000 |
2,901,000 |
2,867,000 |
3,080,000 |
3,208,000 |
3,254,000 |
3,988,000 |
| Truckf, large |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
372,000 |
319,000 |
363,000 |
383,000 |
445,000 |
363,000 |
378,000 |
421,000 |
392,000 |
452,000 |
438,000 |
409,000 |
434,000 |
| Bus |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
60,000 |
56,000 |
50,000 |
51,000 |
56,000 |
59,000 |
57,000 |
53,000 |
53,000 |
63,000 |
56,000 |
54,000 |
58,000 |
| Rail |
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| Highway-rail grade crossingg,h |
3,195 |
3,820 |
3,559 |
12,076 |
10,612 |
6,919 |
5,715 |
5,388 |
4,910 |
4,892 |
4,979 |
4,633 |
4,257 |
3,865 |
3,508 |
3,489 |
3,502 |
R3,237 |
3,072 |
| Railroadg,i |
N |
N |
8,095 |
8,041 |
8,205 |
3,275 |
2,879 |
2,658 |
2,359 |
2,611 |
2,504 |
2,459 |
2,443 |
2,397 |
2,575 |
2,768 |
2,983 |
R3,023 |
2,701 |
| Transit j |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
58,002 |
46,467 |
36,380 |
30,559 |
29,972 |
25,683 |
25,166 |
24,924 |
23,937 |
23,310 |
24,261 |
23,970 |
U |
| Waterborne |
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| Vessel-related |
N |
N |
2,582 |
3,310 |
4,624 |
3,439 |
3,613 |
2,222 |
3,238 |
3,412 |
3,970 |
4,298 |
4,264 |
R4,207 |
R4,397 |
R4,086 |
R3,887 |
3,937 |
4,110 |
| Recreational boating |
2,738 |
3,752 |
3,803 |
6,308 |
5,513 |
6,237 |
6,411 |
6,573 |
6,048 |
6,335 |
6,906 |
8,019 |
8,026 |
8,047 |
8,061 |
7,931 |
7,740 |
6,419 |
5,705 |
| Pipeline |
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| Hazardous liquid pipeline |
N |
N |
351 |
254 |
246 |
183 |
180 |
216 |
212 |
229 |
245 |
188 |
194 |
171 |
153 |
168 |
147 |
129 |
140 |
| Gas pipeline |
N |
N |
1,077 |
1,338 |
1,524 |
334 |
198 |
233 |
177 |
216 |
222 |
161 |
187 |
175 |
236 |
R172 |
234 |
209 |
183 |
KEY:N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a The U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration uses the term "crash" instead of accident in
its highway safety data. Highway crashes often involve more than one motor vehicle,
hence "total highway crashes" is smaller than the sum of the components.
Estimates of highway crashes are rounded to the nearest thousand in the source
document.
b Carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, all scheduled and
nonscheduled service. Since Mar. 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.
c All scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135. Since
Mar. 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.
dNonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135.
e All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and
14 CFR 135.
f 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.
g Includes Amtrak.
h Includes both accidents and incidents. Data not comparable after
1970 due to change in reporting system. Most highway-rail grade crossing accidents
are counted under highway.
i Train accidents only.
j Accident figures include collisions with vehicles, objects, and
people, derailments / vehicles going off the road. Accident figures do not include
fires and personal casualties.
NOTES
The motor vehicle crash data in this table come from the U.S.
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations' General
Estimates System (GES), which began operation in 1988. GES data 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. The 1993 National Transportation Statistics (NTS) Historical Compendium and earlier
editions used crash figures estimated by the National Safety Council, which used a different
set of methods to arrive at its figures. Thus, the crash figures in this edition of NTS may
not be comparable with those found in the Compendium and earlier editions.
SOURCES
Air:
Air carrier:
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.
1985-2002: Ibid., Internet site
www.ntsb.gov/aviation as of June 27, 2003,
table 5 and personal communication, July 3, 2003.
Commuter air carrier:
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.
1985-2002: Ibid., Internet site
www.ntsb.gov/aviation
as of June 27, 2003, table 8 and personal communication, July 3, 2003.
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.
1985-2002: Ibid., Internet site
www.ntsb.gov/aviation
as of June 27, 2003, table 9 and personal communication, July 3, 2003.
General aviation:
1960-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of
Aircraft Accident Data: 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.
1985-2002: Ibid., Internet site
www.ntsb.gov/aviation as of June 27, 2003,
table 10 and personal communication, July 3, 2003.
Highway:
1990-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts
2002, Early Edition DOT HS 809 100 (Washington, DC: 2003), table 38, Nov. 10, 2003.
Rail:
Highway-rail grade crossings:
1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration,
Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Grade-Crossing Accidents
(Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1975-80: Ibid., 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.
1991-2002: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington,
DC: August 2003), table 1-1.
Railroad:
1970-90: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration,
Office of Policy and Program Development, Accident/Incident Bulletin (Washington,
DC: Annual issues), table 4.
1991-2002: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2002 (Washington,
DC: August 2003), table 1-1.
Transit:
1990-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics 2000 (Washington,
DC: 2000), pp. 51-54 and personal communication, July 28, 2003.
Water:
Vessel-related:
1970-91: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations
and Analysis, Compliance Analysis Division, personal communication, Apr. 13, 1999.
1992-2002: Ibid., Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, May 28, 2003.
Recreational boating:
1960-2001: Ibid., Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington,
DC: Annual issues).
2002: Ibid., Boating Statistics Executive Summary, available at
http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics as of Nov. 20, 2003.
Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline:
1970-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Internet site,
http://ops.dot.gov
as of June 27, 2003
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