Figure 6-1 Fatality Rates for Select Highway Modes of Transportation: 1990–2013
NOTES: Graphs with same color trend lines have identical scales. Air carrier fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist acts include only onboard fatalities. Lightduty vehicles includes passenger car and light truck occupants. Large truck occupants have the lowest fatality rate among these modes.
SOURCE: Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) based upon multiple sources as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics. Tables 2-9, 2-14, 2-17, 2-19, 2-21, and 2-23. Available at www.bts.gov as of June 2014.