Table 2-33b: Transit and Grade-Crossing Fatalities by Rail Transit Mode

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	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	(P) 2009
All transit rail, total	186	152	159	171	196	197	167	202	143	167	159	125	184	169	157
Transit only	169	145	147	145	175	177	154	178	122	138	101	92	140	142	129
Grade crossing	17	7	12	26	21	20	13	24	21	29	58	33	44	27	28
Light rail, total	15	6	3	23	17	30	21	13	17	22	19	17	32	15	26
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	18	20	12	13	12	9	9	21	7	15
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	12	1	1	4	10	10	8	11	8	11
Heavy rail, total	79	74	77	54	84	80	59	73	49	59	35	23	32	60	78
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	80	58	73	48	58	35	22	30	58	77
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	1
Commuter rail, total	92	72	79	94	95	87	87	116	77	86	105	85	120	93	53
Transit only	N	N	N	N	N	79	76	93	61	68	57	61	89	77	37
Grade crossing	N	N	N	N	N	8	11	23	16	18	48	24	31	16	16

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary.

NOTES

Light rail and Heavy rail Grade crossings are regulated by the Federal Transit Administration. The Federal Transit Administration defines two types of Grade crossings: (1) At grade, mixed, and cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which other traffic moving in the same direction or other cross directions may pass. This includes city street right-of-way; (2) At grade with cross traffic crossings, meaning railway right-of-way over which no other traffic may pass, except to cross at grade-level crossings. This can include median strip rights-of-way with grade level crossings at intersecting streets.

Commuter rail Grade crossings are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Federal Railroad Administration defines a Grade crossing as a location where a public highway, road, street, or private roadway, including associated sidewalks and pathways, crosses one or more railroad tracks at grade.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), available at http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/ as of Apr. 5, 2006, and personal communications on June 8, 2005, Apr. 5, 2006, June 14, 2007, June 18, 2008, Aug. 20, 2010.