Table 2-1
Transportation Fatalities by Mode
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| Air |
|
|
|
|
| Large U.S. air carriera |
1 |
39 |
92 |
P22 |
| Commuter air carriera |
37 |
6 |
5 |
P0 |
| On-demand air taxia |
105 |
51 |
71 |
P18 |
| General aviationa |
1,239 |
770 |
596 |
P562 |
| Highwayb |
51,091 |
44,599 |
41,945 |
43,443 |
| Pipeline, gas and hazardous
liquid |
19 |
9 |
38 |
19 |
| Railroadc |
584 |
599 |
512 |
535 |
| Transitd |
N |
339 |
295 |
183 |
| Waterborne Commercial
vessel |
|
|
|
|
| Vessel-related, commercial ship |
206 |
85 |
53 |
U |
| Nonvessel-relatede, commercial ship |
281 |
101 |
134 |
U |
| Waterborne Recreational boating |
1,360 |
865 |
701 |
697 |
a Includes people on planes and
on the ground. b Includes motor
vehicle occupants, nonoccupants, and 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 response,
van pool, and automated guideway. e Fatalities
unrelated to vessel accidents, e.g., individual falling overboard and
drowning.
Key: N = data are nonexistent or not cited because of reporting
changes; P = preliminary; U = unavailable.
Sources: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-1, available at http://www.bts.gov, as of September
2006. 2005-Highway: USDOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, October
2006; Transit: USDOT, Volpe Center, personal communication, October 2006; Recreational boating: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2005,
available at http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/stats.htm, as of September
2006.
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