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Safety and Security
Safety and security for travelers, vehicles, and transportation
systems
Safety (chapter 2, section B)
- There were
45,346 fatalities in transportation accidents in the United
States in 2006, of which 94 percent involved
highway motor vehicles [B-1].
- In 2006,
more than 42 thousand motorists and nonmotorists were
killed in crashes involving motor vehicles, down 2 percent compared with 2005;
and about 2.6 million people were injured. [B-1, B-4]
- There were
1.43 fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles of highway travel in 2006, the
lowest rate ever recorded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. [B-1, C-26]
- A total of
30,521 passenger vehicle (including light trucks, i.e., SUV’s, vans, etc.)
occupants were killed in traffic crashes in 2006, down 0.3 percent since 2005.
[B-2]
- There were
5,557 pedestrians and pedalcyclists killed in traffic
crashes in 2006. [B-1]
- 4,810
motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes in 2006, 5 percent more than in
2005. [B-1]
- There were
213 transit related fatalities in 2006, down 9.7 percent from 2005. [B-1]
- 68 people
were killed in U.S. domestic commercial aviation accidents (including air carriers, commuter
carriers, and air taxis) in 2006, while 698 fatalities resulted from general
aviation accidents. [B-1]
- There were
48 waterborne commercial vessel-related fatalities and 710 recreational boating
fatalities in 2006. [B-1]
- There were
19 gas pipeline fatalities in 2006. [B-1]
- Of the 909
railroad-related fatalities in 2006, 369 fatalities were at highway-rail grade
crossings, and the other 540 fatalities were primarily trespasser-related.
[B-1]
- An
estimated 2.6 million people suffered some kind of transportation-related
injury in 2006. About 99 percent of these injuries resulted from highway
crashes. [B-4]
Security (chapter 2, section F)
- The
transportation sector used 19 percent more energy in 2006 (28.4 quadrillion
British thermal units—Btu) than it did in 1995 (23.85 quadrillion Btu). [F-1]
- Transportation
consumed 67.9 percent of U.S. petroleum usage in 2006. [F-3]
- Travel in
passenger cars was 7.1 percent more energy efficient in 2005 than in 1995.
[F-4]
- The total
number of prohibited items intercepted at airport screening checkpoints more
than doubled between 2004 and 2005; the large increase was primarily due to the
prohibition of lighters on board beginning in April 2005. [F-5]
- The number
of firearms intercepted at airport screening checkpoints jumped from 650 in
2004 to 2,217 in 2005. [F-5]
- The number
of international piracy and armed robberies at sea steadily declined from 452
in 2003 to 241 in 2006. [F-6]
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