Table 2-33: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Incidents
Table 2-33: Transit Safety Data by Modea for All Reported Incidents
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
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Fatalities | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 110 | 88 | 99 | 83 | 108 | 82 | 101 | 109 | 109 | 102 |
Light rail | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 |
Heavy rail | 117 | 103 | 91 | 83 | 85 | 79 | 74 | 77 | 54 | 84 |
Commuter rail | 104 | 93 | 74 | 98 | 112 | 92 | 72 | 79 | 94 | 95 |
Demand responsive | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Van pool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automated guideway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 339 | 300 | 273 | 281 | 320 | 274 | 264 | 275 | 286 | 299 |
Injured persons | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 40,006 | 38,619 | 40,090 | 38,873 | 42,195 | 41,297 | 39,709 | 39,181 | 41,035 | 41,221 |
Light rail | 1,244 | 1,251 | 1,268 | 982 | 1,181 | 1,319 | 1,604 | 1,087 | 1,076 | 1,271 |
Heavy rail | 10,036 | 9,285 | 10,446 | 10,532 | 11,673 | 11,238 | 11,093 | 12,285 | 11,059 | 9,665 |
Commuter rail | 2,438 | 2,308 | 2,546 | 1,560 | 2,374 | 2,374 | 1,953 | 2,388 | 1,677 | 1,761 |
Demand responsive | 807 | 622 | 713 | 652 | 731 | 935 | 882 | 1,121 | 1,064 | 1,345 |
Van pool | 21 | 40 | 19 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 54 | 67 | 41 |
Automated guideway | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
Total | 54,556 | 52,125 | 55,089 | 52,668 | 58,193 | 57,196 | 55,288 | 56,132 | 55,990 | 55,325 |
All incidents | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 70,437 | 63,453 | 52,482 | 45,580 | 49,185 | 42,780 | 40,456 | 40,524 | 41,616 | 41,094 |
Light rail | 1,465 | 1,543 | 1,492 | 1,136 | 1,413 | 1,276 | 1,350 | 1,173 | 1,121 | 1,182 |
Heavy rail | 12,178 | 14,102 | 15,512 | 15,082 | 15,869 | 14,327 | 13,748 | 15,151 | 13,516 | 12,196 |
Commuter rail | 3,031 | 2,716 | 3,160 | 2,111 | 3,115 | 2,847 | 2,449 | 3,078 | 2,410 | 2,499 |
Demand responsive | 2,965 | 1,241 | 1,137 | 946 | 1,062 | 1,173 | 1,284 | 1,454 | 1,221 | 1,577 |
Van pool | 84 | 83 | 40 | 121 | 39 | 58 | 80 | 162 | 194 | 135 |
Automated guideway | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 20 |
Total | 90,163 | 83,139 | 73,831 | 64,986 | 70,693 | 62,471 | 59,392 | 61,561 | 60,094 | 58,703 |
Unlinked passenger trips (millions)d | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 4,912 | 4,780 | 4,728 | 4,585 | 4,567 | 4,539 | 4,464 | 4,554 | 4,712 | 4,926 |
Light rail | 174 | 184 | 187 | 187 | 274 | 249 | 259 | 259 | 273 | 289 |
Heavy rail | 2,252 | 2,123 | 2,119 | 1,960 | 2,149 | 2,034 | 2,157 | 2,429 | 2,393 | 2,521 |
Commuter rail | 286 | 274 | 262 | 303 | 318 | 322 | 302 | 311 | 360 | R374 |
Demand responsive | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 48 | 22 | 23 |
Van pool | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Automated guideway | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Total | 7,646 | 7,380 | 7,318 | 7,059 | 7,335 | 7,172 | 7,211 | 7,615 | 7,774 | R8,149 |
Rates per 100 million unlinked passenger trips (millions)e | ||||||||||
Fatalities | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
Light rail | 4.0 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 8.4 | 5.9 |
Heavy rail | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
Commuter rail | 36.4 | 33.9 | 28.3 | 32.4 | 35.2 | 28.6 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 26.1 | 25.4 |
Demand responsive | 0 | 22.6 | 0 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 33.9 | 65.5 | 14.6 | 18.1 | 4.3 |
Van pool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automated guideway | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 0 |
All modes | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
Injured persons | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 815 | 808 | 848 | 848 | 924 | 910 | 890 | 860 | 871 | 837 |
Light rail | 715 | 682 | 677 | 524 | 432 | 529 | 620 | 419 | 394 | 440 |
Heavy rail | 446 | 437 | 493 | 537 | 543 | 553 | 514 | 506 | 462 | 383 |
Commuter rail | 853 | 843 | 972 | 516 | 747 | 738 | 646 | 769 | 466 | 471 |
Demand responsive | 5,835 | 4,678 | 5,393 | 4,401 | 4,390 | 5,286 | 5,251 | 2,336 | 4,821 | 5,846 |
Van pool | 1,037 | 1,721 | 584 | 1,398 | 638 | 537 | R459 | 701 | 773 | 411 |
Automated guideway | 68 | 0 | 127 | 194 | 160 | 123 | 317 | 272 | 195 | 389 |
All modes | 714 | 706 | 753 | 746 | 793 | 798 | 767 | 737 | 720 | R679 |
All incidents | ||||||||||
Motor busc | 1,434 | 1,327 | 1,110 | 994 | 1,077 | 943 | 906 | 890 | 883 | 834 |
Light rail | 842 | 841 | 796 | 606 | 516 | 512 | 522 | 452 | 411 | 410 |
Heavy rail | 541 | 664 | 732 | 769 | 738 | 705 | 637 | 624 | 565 | 484 |
Commuter rail | 1,060 | 991 | 1,207 | 698 | 980 | 885 | 810 | 991 | 670 | 668 |
Demand responsive | 21,440 | 9,333 | 8,600 | 6,385 | 6,378 | 6,632 | 7,644 | 3,030 | 5,532 | 6,854 |
Van pool | 4,147 | 3,570 | 1,229 | 2,867 | 858 | 1,245 | R1,359 | 2,104 | 2,238 | 1,353 |
Automated guideway | 51 | 28 | 145 | 194 | 160 | 154 | 396 | 323 | 260 | 371 |
All modes | 1,179 | 1,126 | 1,009 | 921 | 964 | 871 | 824 | 808 | 773 | R720 |
KEY: R = revised.
a The figures for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, and ferry boat are lumped together and appear in this footnote as follows:
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
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Fatalities: | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Injuries: | 378 | 327 | 399 | 383 | 616 | 598 | 354 | 357 | 379 | 1,091 |
Incidents: | 186 | 411 | 400 | 411 | 650 | 536 | 301 | 353 | 253 | 1,078 |
b Incidents include accidents (collisions with vehicles, objects, people (except suicides), derailments/vehicles going off road), plus personal casualties, fires, and property damage associated with transit agency revenue vehicles and all transit facilities.
c Motor bus also includes trolley bus.
d The number of unlinked passenger trips is equivalent to the number of passengers who board public transit vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board a vehicle regardless of how many vehicles are necessary for a passenger to get to their destination.
e Rates are based on total incidents including accidents and were calculated by dividing the number of fatalities, injuries, and incidents in this table by the number of unlinked passenger trips.
NOTES: Data are provided only for transit systems that have provided safety data for inclusion in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) annual reports.
SAMIS data cover only direct-operated urban transit systems.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) 1999 Annual Report (Cambridge, MA: March 2001).