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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2006,,
Category,Number,%
Passenger car occupants ,"17,800", 39.6 
Light-truck occupants ,"12,721", 28.3 
Motorcycle riders ,"4,810", 10.7 
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles ,"4,784", 10.7 
Large-truck occupants ,805, 1.79 
Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles ,773, 1.72 
Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants ,739, 1.65 
Recreational boating ,710, 1.58 
General aviationa,698, 1.55 
Railroad trespassers (excl. grade crossings)b ,520, 1.16 
Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesc ,183, 0.41 
"Grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesb,d ",64, 0.14 
Air carriers ,50, 0.11 
Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) ,48, 0.11 
Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) ,39, 0.09 
"Private grade crossings, with motor vehiclesb ",38, 0.08 
"Heavy-rail transit (e.g., rail subway) ",32, 0.07 
"Bus occupants (school, intercity, transit) ",27, 0.06 
Rail employees on duty and contractorsb ,19, 0.04 
Air taxi ,16, 0.04 
Gas distribution pipelines ,16, 0.04 
Light-rail transit ,13, 0.03 
Gas transmission pipelines,3, 0.01 
Passengers on railroad trains ,2, 0.004 
Commuter air,2, 0.004 
Hazardous liquid pipelines ,0, 0.000 
"Total, all modese ","44,912", 100 
"Other counts, redundant with above",,
Crashes involving large trucksf ,"4,995",
"Public grade crossings, with motor vehiclesb ",266,
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a Includes 154 persons aboard a Brazilian air carrier killed in a crash with a U.S. registered corporate jet over Brazil.   b Includes fatalities outside trains.  c Includes all nonoccupant fatalities in motor vehicle (MV) crashes, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.  d Public grade crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles are included in MV counts.  e Unless otherwise noted, includes fatalities outside vehicles.  f Includes large truck occupants, other vehicle occupants, and non occupants.",,
"Sources: Various sources as cited in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-4, available at http://www.bts.gov.",,
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