2 - Transportation and Safety
The highest priority
of the U.S. Department of Transportation is to promote safety. Although
progress has been made in reducing fatalities, transportation remains
the leading cause of accidental deaths and injuries in the United States.
In 1999, about 95 percent of transportation fatalities and an even higher
percentage of injuries occurred on the nation's roadways.
Table 2
Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Excel |
CSV
| 146 |
1 |
39 |
168 |
12 |
| N |
37 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
| N |
105 |
51 |
52 |
38 |
| 1,310 |
1,239 |
767 |
734 |
628 |
| 52,627 |
51,091 |
44,599 |
41,817 |
41,611 |
| 785 |
584 |
599 |
567 |
530 |
| N |
N |
339 |
274 |
299 |
| 178 |
206 |
85 |
46 |
44 |
| 420 |
281 |
101 |
137 |
67 |
| 1,418 |
1,360 |
865 |
829 |
734 |
| 30 |
19 |
9 |
21 |
21 |
a Includes occupants, nonoccupants, and motor
vehicle fatalities at railroad crossings.
b Includes fatalities from nontrain incidents, as well as train
incidents and accidents. Also includes train occupants and nonoccupants,
except motor vehicle occupants at grade crossings.
c Fatalities resulting from all reportable incidents, not just
accidents. Includes commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, motor bus,
demand responsive, van pool, and automated guideway.
d Fatalities unrelated to vessel accidents, e.g., individual
falling overboard and drowning.
Key: N = data do not exist or are not cited because of reporting changes.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2000 (Washington,
DC: In press), table 2-1.
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