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Table 3-1
Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1998 and 1999
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| Highway |
41,501 |
41,345 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-1.29 |
-0.30 |
| Recreational Boating |
813 |
773 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-0.97 |
-4.92 |
| General Aviation |
621 |
622 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-5.91 |
0.16 |
| Railroad |
577 |
530 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-4.15 |
-8.15 |
| Highway-Rail Grade Crossing |
431 |
402 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-6.51 |
-6.73 |
| Transit (1997-1998)* |
275 |
286 |
| Percent change from previous year |
4.17 |
4.00 |
| Commercial Maritime Transportation** |
107 |
154 |
| Percent change from previous year |
-30.52 |
43.93 |
| Pipeline |
18 |
26 |
| Percent change from previous year |
80.00 |
44.44 |
* 1999 transit data are unavailable.
** 1999 data are preliminary and subject to change as state and
local jurisdictions close fatal accident cases.
Note: Summing the numbers in the table will not result in a correct
count for all fatalities because some are double counted.
Sources: Data compiled from various government agencies as cited
in the U.S. Department of Transporation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999, table 3-1,
available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/nts/nts.html,
and the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1999 Performance Report/2001
Performance Plan, available at http://www.dot.gov/ost/ost_temp/.
Preliminary highway data for 1999 are from the U.S. Department
of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
personal communication, October 2000.
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