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Table 2-4: Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode

	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		(R) 2008		2009
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
TOTAL of all modes^a	44,086	100.00	44,384	100.00	44,941	100.00	(R) 45,276	100.00	45,134	100.00	45,052	100.00	(R) 45,666	100.00	(R) 45,040	100.00	(R) 43,330	100.00	39,514	100.00	(P) 35,929	100.00
Passenger car occupants	20,862	47.32	20,699	46.64	20,320	45.21	20,569	45.43	19,725	43.70	19,192	42.60	18,512	40.54	17,925	39.80	16,614	(R) 38.34	14,646	37.07	13,095	36.45
Light-truck occupants	11,265	25.55	11,526	25.97	11,723	26.09	12,274	27.11	12,546	27.80	12,674	28.13	13,037	28.55	12,761	28.33	12,458	28.75	10,816	27.37	10,287	28.63
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles	4,939	11.20	4,763	10.73	4,901	10.91	4,851	10.71	4,774	10.58	4,675	10.38	4,892	10.71	4,795	10.65	4,699	10.84	4,414	11.17	4,092	11.39
Motorcyclists	2,483	5.63	2,897	6.53	3,197	7.11	3,270	7.22	3,714	8.23	4,028	8.94	4,576	10.02	4,837	10.74	5,174	11.94	5,312	13.44	4,462	12.42
Large-truck occupants	759	1.72	754	1.70	708	1.58	689	1.52	726	1.61	766	1.70	804	1.76	805	1.79	805	1.86	682	1.73	503	1.40
Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles	754	1.71	693	1.56	732	1.63	665	1.47	629	1.39	727	1.61	786	1.72	772	1.71	701	1.62	718	1.82	630	1.75
Recreational boating	734	1.66	701	1.58	681	1.52	750	1.66	703	1.56	676	1.50	697	1.53	710	1.58	685	1.58	709	1.79	736	2.05
Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants	447	1.01	450	1.01	458	1.02	528	1.17	589	1.31	602	1.34	659	1.44	601	1.33	614	1.42	580	1.47	563	1.57
General aviation	621	1.41	596	1.34	562	1.25	581	1.28	633	1.40	559	1.24	563	1.23	(R) 706	1.57	496	1.14	494	1.25	(P) 474	1.32
Railroad trespassers^b (excluding grade crossings)	479	1.09	463	1.04	511	1.14	540	1.19	498	1.10	472	1.05	458	1.00	511	1.13	470	1.08	457	1.16	(P) 428	1.19
Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehicles^c	149	0.34	141	0.32	123	0.27	114	0.25	140	0.31	130	0.29	186	0.41	185	0.41	158	0.36	188	0.48	150	0.42
Grade crossings, not involving motor vehicles^d	57	0.13	64	0.14	76	0.17	47	0.10	62	0.14	85	0.19	76	0.17	65	0.14	73	0.17	69	0.17	(P) 66	0.18
Air taxi	38	0.09	71	0.16	60	0.13	35	0.08	42	0.09	64	0.14	18	0.04	16	0.04	43	0.10	69	0.17	(P) 17	0.05
Heavy rail transit (subway)	84	0.19	80	0.18	59	0.13	73	0.16	49	0.11	59	0.13	35	0.08	23	0.05	32	0.07	61	0.15	96	0.27
Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related)	136	0.31	134	0.30	94	0.21	54	0.12	61	0.14	60	0.13	60	0.13	56	0.12	59	0.14	67	0.17	93	0.26
Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit)	59	0.13	22	0.05	34	0.08	45	0.10	41	0.09	42	0.09	58	0.13	27	0.06	36	0.08	67	0.17	(P) 26	0.07
Waterborne transportation (vessel-related)	58	0.13	53	0.12	53	0.12	59	0.13	69	0.15	86	0.19	78	0.17	73	0.16	67	0.15	51	0.13	57	0.16
Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles	36	0.08	55	0.12	30	0.07	39	0.09	30	0.07	30	0.07	26	0.06	38	0.08	37	0.09	22	0.06	(P) 19	0.05
Railroad employees, contractors, and volunteers on duty (excluding grade crossings)	31	0.07	22	0.05	23	0.05	22	0.05	20	0.04	27	0.06	28	0.06	19	0.04	21	0.05	28	0.07	(P) 18	0.05
Light rail transit	17	0.04	30	0.07	21	0.05	13	0.03	17	0.04	22	0.05	19	0.04	17	0.04	32	0.07	15	0.04	33	0.09
Railroad-related, not otherwise specified (excluding grade crossings)	17	0.04	23	0.05	13	0.03	25	0.06	11	0.02	20	0.04	26	0.06	5	0.01	21	0.05	7	0.02	10	0.03
Gas distribution pipelines	16	0.04	22	0.05	5	0.01	(R) 10	0.02	11	0.02	18	0.04	(R) 12	0.03	18	0.04	9	0.02	6	0.02	9	0.03
Transit buses, fatalities not related to accidents^e	12	0.03	8	0.02	6	0.01	14	0.03	14	0.03	16	0.04	17	0.04	18	0.04	14	0.03	5	0.01	4	0.01
Air carriers^f	12	0.03	92	0.21	531	1.18	0	0.00	22	0.05	14	0.03	22	0.05	50	0.11	1	0.00	3	0.01	(P) 52	0.14
Hazardous liquid pipelines	4	0.01	1	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.00	0	0.00	5	0.01	2	0.00	0	0.00	4	0.01	2	0.01	4	0.01
Passengers on railroad trains (excluding grade crossings)	3	0.01	4	0.01	3	0.01	7	0.02	2	0.00	3	0.01	16	0.04	2	0.00	5	0.01	24	0.06	(P) 3	0.01
Demand response transit, fatalities not related to accidents^e	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.00	0	0.00	3	0.01	0	0.00	1	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.01	2	0.01
Commuter air	12	0.03	5	0.01	13	0.03	0	0.00	2	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.00	2	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	(P) 0	0.00
Gas transmission pipelines	2	0.00	15	0.03	2	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	3	0.01	2	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Other counts, redundant with above^g
Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants	5,380	12.20	5,282	11.90	5,111	11.37	4,939	10.91	5,036	11.16	5,235	11.62	5,240	11.47	5,027	11.16	4,822	11.13	4,245	10.74	3,380	9.41
Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles	309	0.70	306	0.69	315	0.70	271	0.60	241	0.53	249	0.55	255	0.56	266	0.59	225	0.52	198	0.50	(P) 161	0.45
Commuter rail	95	0.22	87	0.20	87	0.19	116	0.26	77	0.17	86	0.19	105	0.23	85	0.19	124	0.29	93	0.24	67	0.19
Transit buses, accident-related fatalities	90	0.20	82	0.18	89	0.20	64	0.14	73	0.16	61	0.14	49	0.11	76	0.17	76	0.18	72	0.18	63	0.18
Outside planes in crashes^h	5	0.01	14	0.03	11	0.02	6	0.01	6	0.01	1	0.00	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Demand response transit, accident-related fatalities	1	0.00	8	0.02	3	0.01	0	0.00	1	0.00	0	0.00	7	0.02	7	0.02	8	0.02	5	0.01	5	0.01

KEY: NA = not applicable; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a Includes fatalities outside the vehicle, unless otherwise specified.

^bIncludes fatalities outside trains, except at grade crossings.

^c Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.

^d Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles are included in counts for motor vehicles.

^eFatalities not related to Transit bus and Demand responsive transit accidents are not included under highway submodes.

^f In 2001, other than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded.

^gFatalities at grade crossings with motor vehicles are included under relevant motor vehicle modes. Commuter rail fatalities are counted under railroad. For Transit bus and Demand responsive transit accidents, occupant fatalities are counted under "bus" and nonoccupant fatalities are counted under "Pedestrians," "Pedalcyclists," or other motor vehicle categories.

^hIncludes nonoccupant fatalities resulting from aviation accidents.

SOURCES

Air:

National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, available at www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Nov. 2, 2010.

Highway:

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), General Trends, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/reportslinks.aspx as of Nov. 2, 2010.

Railroad:

1999-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Annual Issues), available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Oct. 28, 2009.

2006-09: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report, tables 1-3 and 7-4, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Nov. 3, 2010.

Transit:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) and personal communication, Nov. 12, 2010.

Waterborne transportation:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communications, Oct. 27, 2009 and Sept. 30, 2010.

Recreational boating:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics, table 30, available at http://www.uscgboating.org as of Nov. 2, 2010.

Pipeline:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Incidents and Mileage Reports, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of Nov. 3, 2010.