Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
BTS Home > Publications > National Transportation Statistics > 2003
Printable Version

Table 2-33: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Incidentsb

Excel | CSV

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Fatalities, total 339 300 273 281 320 274 264 275 286 299 295
Motor busc 110 88 99 83 108 82 101 109 109 102 90
Light rail 7 13 9 15 13 15 6 3 23 17 30
Heavy rail 117 103 91 83 85 79 74 77 54 84 80
Commuter rail 104 93 74 98 112 92 72 79 94 95 87
Demand responsive 0 3 0 2 2 6 11 7 4 1 8
Van pool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Automated guideway 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Injured persons, total 54,556 52,125 55,089 52,668 58,193 57,196 55,288 56,132 55,990 55,325 56,697
Motor busc 40,006 38,619 40,090 38,873 42,195 41,297 39,709 39,181 41,035 41,221 40,925
Light rail 1,244 1,251 1,268 982 1,181 1,319 1,604 1,087 1,076 1,271 1,338
Heavy rail 10,036 9,285 10,446 10,532 11,673 11,238 11,093 12,285 11,059 9,665 10,848
Commuter rail 2,438 2,308 2,546 1,560 2,374 2,374 1,953 2,388 1,677 1,761 1,783
Demand responsive 807 622 713 652 731 935 882 1,121 1,064 1,345 1,736
Van pool 21 40 19 59 29 25 27 54 67 41 52
Automated guideway 4 0 7 10 10 8 20 16 12 21 15
All incidents, total 90,163 83,139 73,831 64,986 70,693 62,471 59,392 61,561 60,094 58,703 59,898
Motor busc 70,437 63,453 52,482 45,580 49,185 42,780 40,456 40,524 41,616 41,094 41,677
Light rail 1,465 1,543 1,492 1,136 1,413 1,276 1,350 1,173 1,121 1,182 1,319
Heavy rail 12,178 14,102 15,512 15,082 15,869 14,327 13,748 15,151 13,516 12,196 12,782
Commuter rail 3,031 2,716 3,160 2,111 3,115 2,847 2,449 3,078 2,410 2,499 2,072
Demand responsive 2,965 1,241 1,137 946 1,062 1,173 1,284 1,454 1,221 1,577 1,871
Van pool 84 83 40 121 39 58 80 162 194 135 160
Automated guideway 3 1 8 10 10 10 25 19 16 20 17
Unlinked passenger trips (millions)d, total 7,646 7,380 7,318 7,059 7,335 7,172 7,211 7,615 7,774 8,149 8,337
Motor busc 4,912 4,780 4,728 4,585 4,567 4,539 4,464 4,554 4,712 4,926 4,959
Light rail 174 184 187 187 274 249 259 259 273 289 316
Heavy rail 2,252 2,123 2,119 1,960 2,149 2,034 2,157 2,429 2,393 2,521 2,632
Commuter rail 286 274 262 303 318 322 302 311 360 374 388
Demand responsive 14 13 13 15 17 18 17 48 22 23 24
Van pool 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 8 9 10 10
Automated guideway 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
Rates per 100 million unlinked passenger trips (millions)e                      
Fatalities, all modes 4.4 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5
Motor busc 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.8
Light rail 4.0 7.1 4.8 8.0 4.7 6.0 2.3 1.2 8.4 5.9 9.5
Heavy rail 5.2 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.3 3.3 3.0
Commuter rail 36.4 33.9 28.3 32.4 35.2 28.6 23.8 25.4 26.1 25.4 22.4
Demand responsive 0 22.6 0 13.5 12.0 33.9 65.5 14.6 18.1 4.3 32.8
Van pool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Automated guideway 17.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32.5 0 0
Injured persons, all modes 714 706 753 746 793 798 767 737 720 679 680
Motor busc 815 808 848 848 924 910 890 860 871 837 825
Light rail 715 682 677 524 432 529 620 419 394 440 423
Heavy rail 446 437 493 537 543 553 514 506 462 383 412
Commuter rail 853 843 972 516 747 738 646 769 466 471 459
Demand responsive 5,835 4,678 5,393 4,401 4,390 5,286 5,251 2,336 4,821 5,846 7,113
Van pool 1,037 1,721 584 1,398 638 537 R461 701 773 411 524
Automated guideway 68 0 127 194 160 123 317 272 195 389 239
All incidents, all modes 1,179 1,126 1,009 921 964 871 824 808 773 720 718
Motor busc 1,434 1,327 1,110 994 1,077 943 906 890 883 834 840
Light rail 842 841 796 606 516 512 522 452 411 410 417
Heavy rail 541 664 732 769 738 705 637 624 565 484 486
Commuter rail 1,060 991 1,207 698 980 885 810 991 670 668 533
Demand responsive 21,440 9,333 8,600 6,385 6,378 6,632 7,644 3,030 5,532 6,854 7,666
Van pool 4,147 3,570 1,229 2,867 858 1,245 R1,366 2,104 2,238 1,353 1,611
Automated guideway 51 28 145 194 160 154 396 323 260 371 271

KEY: R = revised.

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Fatalities: 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Injuries: 378 327 399 383 616 598 354 357 379 1,091 762
Incidents: 186 411 400 411 650 536 301 353 253 1,078 745

b Incidents include accidents (collisions with vehicles, objects, people (except suicides), derailments/vehicles going off road), plus personal casualties, fires, and property damage associated with transit agency revenue vehicles and all transit facilities.

c Motor bus also includes trolley bus.

d The number of unlinked passenger trips is equivalent to the number of passengers who board public transit vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board a vehicle regardless of how many vehicles are necessary for a passenger to get to their destination.

e Rates are based on total incidents including accidents and were calculated by dividing the number of fatalities, injuries, and incidents in this table by the number of unlinked passenger trips.

NOTES

Data are provided only for transit systems that furnished safety data for inclusion in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis annual reports. Data covers only direct-operated urban transit systems. Vehicle-miles for all transit systems including nonurban and purchased can be found in the vehicle-miles table in chapter 1.

Prior to the 2000 edition, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report was entitled Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) annual report.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2000 Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report (Cambridge, MA: 2002).
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) • U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE • Washington, DC 20590 • 800-853-1351 • E-mail RITA

Accessibility | Disclaimer | Fast Lane | FedStats | Freedom of Information Act | No FEAR Act | OIG Hotline | Privacy Policy | RSS | USA.gov | White House | Wireless

Plug-ins: PDF Reader | Flash Player | Excel Viewer | PowerPoint Viewer | Word Viewer | WinZip

RITA's privacy policies and procedures do not necessarily apply to external web sites. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.