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Figure 1
Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Passenger car occupants
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Figure 1a - Fatality Rates for Passenger car occupants. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

Large truck occupants
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Figure 1b - Fatality Rates for Large truck occupants. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates)¹
Per 100,000 aircraft departures
Figure 1c - Fatality Rates for Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates). If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

Light truck occupants
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Figure 1d - Fatality Rates for Light truck occupants. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

Motorcycle riders
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Figure 1e - Fatality Rates for Motorcycle riders. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

General aviation
Per 100,000 hours flown
Figure 1f - Fatality Rates for General aviation. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

¹For air carriers, the data were dampened, or smoothed, to reduce the month-to-month fluctuations. This dampening was performed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.95. Departure data, and hence the denominator of the rates, are not strictly comparable between pre - and post - 1977 eras.

SOURCE: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001)

Figure 1 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

Figure 1
Fatality Rates for Selected Modes