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Table 2-34: Transit Safety Data by Mode^a for All Reported Incidents^b

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	(R) 2009	2010
Fatalities, total	339	300	273	281	320	274	264	275	286	299	295	267	289	259	263	249	246	307	(R) 264	290	U
Motor bus^c	110	88	99	83	108	82	101	109	109	102	90	95	80	109	82	75	108	105	81	78	84
Light rail	7	13	9	15	13	15	6	3	23	17	30	21	13	15	21	19	17	33	16	34	24
Heavy rail	117	103	91	83	85	79	74	77	54	84	80	59	73	47	60	35	23	32	67	100	96
Commuter rail	104	93	74	98	112	92	72	79	94	95	87	87	116	77	86	105	85	124	(R) 93	66	U
Demand responsive	0	3	0	2	2	6	11	7	4	1	8	5	6	11	6	12	12	11	7	7	10
Van pool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	4	1
Automated guideway	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	1
Injured persons, total^f	54,556	52,125	55,089	52,668	58,193	57,196	55,288	56,132	55,990	55,325	56,697	53,945	20,313	20,175	20,794	19,696	21,433	23,350	(R) 26,260	27,870	U
Motor bus^c	40,006	38,619	40,090	38,873	42,195	41,297	39,709	39,181	41,035	41,221	40,925	38,840	12,323	12,537	12,925	12,385	12,852	14,126	(R) 14,266	15,470	14,901
Light rail	1,244	1,251	1,268	982	1,181	1,319	1,604	1,087	1,076	1,271	1,338	1,201	539	556	654	614	656	843	1,006	1,054	917
Heavy rail	10,036	9,285	10,446	10,532	11,673	11,238	11,093	12,285	11,059	9,665	10,848	10,641	4,833	4,154	4,759	3,814	4,820	5,015	7,264	7,536	7,521
Commuter rail	2,438	2,308	2,546	1,560	2,374	2,374	1,953	2,388	1,677	1,761	1,783	1,813	1,483	1,597	1,364	1,672	1,426	1,548	(R) 1,700	1,808	U
Demand responsive	807	622	713	652	731	935	882	1,121	1,064	1,345	1,736	1,374	1,070	1,283	1,031	1,180	1,607	1,768	1,979	1,896	1,642
Van pool	21	40	19	59	29	25	27	54	67	41	52	40	37	19	46	29	55	39	23	69	39
Automated guideway	4	0	7	10	10	8	20	16	12	21	15	36	28	29	15	2	17	11	22	37	89
All incidents, total^f	90,163	83,139	73,531	64,986	70,693	62,471	59,392	61,561	60,094	58,703	59,898	58,149	25,827	22,490	23,490	23,828	26,109	25,468	(R) 24,935	25,897	22,531
Motor bus^c	70,437	63,453	52,182	45,580	49,185	42,780	40,456	40,524	41,616	41,094	41,677	40,321	13,883	12,006	12,593	12,767	14,274	13,601	(R) 11,555	12,496	11,466
Light rail	1,465	1,543	1,492	1,136	1,413	1,276	1,350	1,173	1,121	1,182	1,319	1,299	1,056	985	939	1,129	1,130	1,181	1,009	986	810
Heavy rail	12,178	14,102	15,512	15,082	15,869	14,327	13,748	15,151	13,516	12,196	12,782	12,406	6,919	5,534	6,270	5,738	6,267	6,963	8,902	8,697	8,724
Commuter rail	3,031	2,716	3,160	2,111	3,115	2,847	2,449	3,078	2,410	2,499	2,072	2,159	1,720	1,749	1,598	1,663	1,575	1,732	(R) 1,707	1,937	U
Demand responsive	2,965	1,241	1,137	946	1,062	1,173	1,284	1,454	1,221	1,577	1,871	1,719	2,195	2,171	2,037	2,402	2,816	1,924	1,724	1,716	1,437
Van pool	84	83	40	121	39	58	80	162	194	135	160	209	31	12	34	123	36	46	12	25	14
Automated guideway	3	1	8	10	10	10	25	19	16	20	17	36	23	33	19	6	11	21	26	40	80
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	8,554	8,836	8,738	8,782	9,020	9,234	9,801	(R) 10,068	9,932	U
Motor bus^c	4,912	4,780	4,728	4,585	4,567	4,539	4,464	4,554	4,712	4,926	4,959	5,065	5,333	5,255	5,200	5,333	5,374	5,375	5,548	5,463	U
Light rail	174	184	187	187	274	249	259	259	273	289	316	327	337	338	350	381	407	418	451	464	U
Heavy rail	2,252	2,123	2,119	1,960	2,149	2,034	2,157	2,429	2,393	2,521	2,632	2,728	2,688	2,667	2,748	2,808	2,927	3,460	3,547	3,490	U
Commuter rail	286	274	262	303	318	322	302	311	360	374	388	390	380	375	377	383	399	413	(R) 384	373	U
Demand responsive	14	13	13	15	17	18	17	48	22	23	24	27	78	82	83	87	88	91	96	100	U
Van pool	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	12	13	15	17	20	23	30	32	U
Automated guideway	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	8	8	8	9	12	18	21	12	10	U
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	3.1	3.3	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.7	3.1	(R) 2.6	2.9	U
Motor bus^c	2.2	1.8	2.1	1.8	2.4	1.8	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.9	1.5	2.1	1.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.4	U
Light rail	4.0	7.1	4.8	8.0	4.7	6.0	2.3	1.2	8.4	5.9	9.5	6.4	3.9	4.4	6.0	5.0	4.2	7.9	3.5	7.3	U
Heavy rail	5.2	4.9	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.4	3.2	2.3	3.3	3.0	2.2	2.7	1.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.9	2.9	U
Commuter rail	36.4	33.9	28.3	32.4	35.2	28.6	23.8	25.4	26.1	25.4	22.4	22.3	30.6	20.5	22.8	27.4	21.3	30.0	24.2	17.7	U
Demand responsive	0.0	22.6	0.0	13.5	12.0	33.9	65.5	14.6	18.1	4.3	32.8	18.6	7.7	13.5	7.2	13.9	13.6	12.1	7.3	7.0	U
Van pool	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.2	0.0	47.1	0.0	4.9	4.4	0.0	12.6	U
Automated guideway	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	32.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.7	26.0	0.0	4.8	0.0	9.5	U
Injured persons, all modes^f	714	706	753	746	793	798	767	737	720	679	680	631	230	231	237	218	232	238	(R) 261	281	U
Motor bus^c	815	808	848	848	924	910	890	860	871	837	825	767	231	239	249	232	239	263	257	283	U
Light rail	715	682	677	524	432	529	620	419	394	440	423	368	160	165	187	161	161	202	223	227	U
Heavy rail	446	437	493	537	543	553	514	506	462	383	412	390	180	156	173	136	165	145	205	216	U
Commuter rail	853	843	972	516	747	738	646	769	466	471	459	465	391	425	362	437	357	374	(R) 443	485	U
Demand responsive	5,835	4,678	5,393	4,401	4,390	5,286	5,251	2,336	4,821	5,846	7,113	5,117	1,369	1,569	1,242	1,363	1,820	1,943	2,072	1,892	U
Van pool	1,037	1,721	584	1,398	638	537	461	701	773	411	524	405	302	141	309	168	269	173	77	218	U
Automated guideway	68	0	127	194	160	123	317	272	195	389	239	464	364	353	160	17	94	53	189	353	U
All incidents, all modes^f	1,179	1,126	1,005	921	964	871	824	808	773	720	718	680	292	257	267	264	283	260	(R) 248	261	U
Motor bus^c	1,434	1,327	1,104	994	1,077	943	906	890	883	834	840	796	260	228	242	239	266	253	208	229	U
Light rail	842	841	796	606	516	512	522	452	411	410	417	398	314	292	268	297	278	282	224	212	U
Heavy rail	541	664	732	769	738	705	637	624	565	484	486	455	257	208	228	204	214	201	251	249	U
Commuter rail	1,060	991	1,207	698	980	885	810	991	670	668	533	554	453	466	424	435	394	419	(R) 445	519	U
Demand responsive	21,440	9,333	8,600	6,385	6,378	6,632	7,644	3,030	5,532	6,854	7,666	6,402	2,808	2,655	2,454	2,774	3,190	2,115	1,805	1,713	U
Van pool	4,147	3,570	1,229	2,867	858	1,245	1,366	2,104	2,238	1,353	1,611	2,116	253	89	229	714	176	204	40	79	U
Automated guideway	51	28	145	194	160	154	396	323	260	371	271	464	299	401	203	52	61	101	223	381	U

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a The figures for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, and ferry boat are lumped together and appear in this footnote. Note that the 2003 data include 11 fatalities and 70 injuries that resulted from the Oct. 16, 2003 Staten Island Ferry incident.

Other Modes

Other Modes	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fatalities:	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	0	0	1	2	1
Injuries:	378	327	399	383	616	598	354	357	379	1,091	762	897	58	156	58	18	54	106	58
Incidents:	186	411	400	411	650	536	301	353	253	1,078	745	891	99	99	60	25	48	113	63

^bIncidents 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.

^eRates 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.

^f In 2002 the drop in the number of Incidents and Injuries is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit Administration, particularly the definition of Injuries. Only Injuries requiring immediate medical treatment away from the scene now qualify as reportable. Previously, any Injury was reportable.

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 directly 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.

Analysts for the FTA believe the change in reporting requirements in 2002 may have resulted in unreliable data in that year, particularly for Injuries and Incidents. The reliability of reporting is believed to be much better in 2003 and is expected to improve in the future.

SOURCES

All modes except for commuter rail:

1990-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2004 Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report (Cambridge, MA: 2005).

2002-10: Ibid, National Transit Database, Safety and Security Time Series Data (Washington, DC: March 2010 Issue), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of Sept. 14, 2011.

Commuter rail:

1990-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2004 Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Report (Cambridge, MA: 2005).

2001-09: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Rail Accident Incident Reporting System (RAIRS).

Table 2-34: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Incidentsb

Table 2-34: Transit Safety Data by Mode^a for All Reported Incidents^b