Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 2-7: Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalitiesa

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  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001h 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All occupational fatalities 6,217 6,331 6,632 6,275 6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054 5,920 5,915 5,534 5,575 5,764 5,734 (R) 5,840 5,488
Transportation-related fatalities, totalb 2,484 2,499 2,762 2,587 2,601 2,605 2,645 2,618 2,573 2,524 2,385 2,364 2,490 2,493 (R) 2,459 2,234
Highwayc 1,158 1,242 1,343 1,346 1,346 1,393 1,442 1,496 1,365 1,409 1,373 1,353 1,398 1,437 (R) 1,356 1,311
Nonhighwayd 436 392 409 387 374 377 388 352 399 326 323 347 338 340 (R) 345 292
Aircraft 353 282 426 283 324 261 224 228 280 247 194 211 231 149 (R) 217 167
Pedestrian struck by vehiclee 346 365 391 388 353 367 413 377 370 383 356 337 378 391 (R) 379 342
Water vehiclef 109 119 94 87 119 109 112 102 84 90 71 69 91 88 (R) 96 69
Railwayg 66 86 81 82 74 93 60 56 71 62 64 43 50 83 (R) 65 48
As a percent of all occupational fatalities
Transportation-related fatalities, totalb
40 39 42 41 42 42 44 43 43 43 43 42 43 43 42 41
Highway 19 20 20 21 22 22 24 25 23 24 25 24 24 25 (R) 23 24
Nonhighway 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 (R) 6 5
Aircraft 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 (R) 4 3
Pedestrian struck by vehicle 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 (R) 6 6
Water vehicle 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 (R) 2 1
Railway 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (R) 1 1

KEY: R = revised.

a Based on the 1992 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.

b Numbers may not add to totals because transportation categories may include subcategories not shown separately.

c Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment moving in the same or opposite directions, such as in an intersection; between moving and standing vehicles/mobile equipment at the side of a roadway; or a vehicle striking a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions, e.g., jack-knifed or overturned vehicle/mobile equipment-no collision; ran off highway-no collision; struck by shifting load; sudden start or stop; not elsewhere classified.

d Refers to farms and industrial premises. Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment; vehicles/mobile equipment striking a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions such as a fall from a moving vehicle/mobile equipment, fall from and struck by vehicle/mobile equipment, overturned vehicle/mobile equipment, and loss of control of vehicle/mobile equipment.

e Includes worker struck by vehicle/mobile equipment in roadway, on side of road, in a parking lot, or nonroad area.

f Includes collisions, explosions, fires, fall from or on ship/boat, and sinking/capsized water vehicles involved in transportation. Does not include fishing boats.

g Includes collisions between railway vehicles, railway vehicle and other vehicle, railway vehicle and other object, and derailment.

h Data do not include fatalities from the terrorist attacks of September 11 which totaled 2,886.

NOTES

Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding.

The above categories do not define the types of jobs people had, nor the industries in which they worked. The categories define the ways in which they died. For example, a representative traveling for business reasons who is killed in a rail accident would be listed under rail.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.toc.htm as of Sep. 2008.



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