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Figure 2 Transportation Fatalities by Mode

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Figure 2 Transportation Fatalities by Mode

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Mode Fatalities
Highway 41,821
Air 760
Waterborne 820
Rail (550) and Gas and Hazardous Pipeline (38) 588

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2001, preliminary data, in press.