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Table 2
Fatalities by Transportation Mode
Excel |
CSV
| Large air carriera |
146 |
1 |
39 |
92 |
P0 |
| Commuter air carriera |
N |
37 |
R6 |
5 |
P0 |
| On-demand air taxia |
N |
105 |
51 |
71 |
P35 |
| General aviationa |
1,310 |
1,239 |
767 |
R595 |
P576 |
| Highwayb |
52,627 |
51,091 |
44,599 |
41,945 |
42,815 |
| Railroadc |
785 |
584 |
599 |
512 |
596 |
| Transitd |
N |
N |
339 |
295 |
U |
| Commercial ship |
|
|
|
|
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| Vessel |
178 |
206 |
85 |
R49 |
P28 |
| Nonvessele |
420 |
281 |
101 |
R88 |
P48 |
| Recreational boating |
1,418 |
1,360 |
865 |
701 |
750 |
| Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline |
30 |
19 |
9 |
38 |
10 |
a Includes people on planes and on the ground.
b Includes occupants, nonoccupants, and motor vehicle fatalities at railroad crossings.
c 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.
d Fatalities resulting from all reportable incidents, not just accidents. Includes commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, motorbus, demand responsive, van pool, and automated guideway.
e 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;
P = preliminary;
R = revised;
U = unavailable.
Source: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics (NTS) 2002, table 2-1 revised,
available at www.bts.gov.Recreational boating (2002)—U.S. Coast Guard, Recreational Boating Accidents in the United States: Calendar Year 2002 Executive Summary, available at
http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/boating_statistics_2002.pdf, as of December 2003.
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