Table 2-2: Injured Persons by Transportation Mode

Friday, April 14, 2017

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
TOTAL	N	N	N	N	N	N	3,271,903	3,136,005	3,109,431	3,185,361	3,302,962	3,499,643	3,515,777	3,380,064	3,221,955	3,264,955	3,218,900	3,061,790	2,946,446	2,906,666	2,806,810	2,716,586	2,592,859	2,510,311	2,366,743	2,237,367	2,259,336	2,237,019	(R) 2,381,619	(R) 2,333,501	(R) 2,351,372	(R) 2,443,175	U
Air ^a, total	N	N	822	850	757	589	485	514	456	430	484	452	467	417	369	406	359	368	337	367	302	305	286	291	299	301	278	363	274	249	263	284	U
U.S. air carrier ^b	N	N	107	81	19	30	29	26	22	19	31	25	77	43	30	67	31	19	24	31	20	14	9	16	26	23	17	20	18	9	14	23	U
Commuter carrier ^c	N	N	N	N	14	14	11	31	7	2	6	17	2	1	2	2	7	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	9	0	4	U
On-demand air taxi ^d	N	N	N	N	43	44	36	26	19	24	32	14	22	23	10	15	12	24	16	12	17	20	11	20	12	4	3	15	9	16	15	9	U
General aviation ^e	N	N	715	769	681	501	409	431	408	385	415	396	366	350	327	322	309	321	297	323	265	271	265	255	259	273	256	328	247	215	234	248	U
Highway, total	N	N	N	N	N	N	3,230,666	3,096,870	3,069,603	3,149,164	3,265,928	3,465,279	3,483,319	3,347,614	3,192,035	3,236,238	3,188,750	3,032,672	2,925,758	2,888,601	2,788,378	2,699,000	2,575,000	2,491,000	2,346,000	2,217,000	2,239,000	2,217,000	2,362,000	2,313,000	2,332,000	2,424,000	U
Passenger car occupants	N	N	N	N	N	N	2,376,439	2,234,594	2,231,703	2,264,809	2,363,595	2,469,358	2,458,080	2,340,612	2,201,375	2,137,503	2,051,609	1,926,625	1,804,788	1,756,495	1,642,549	1,573,396	1,474,536	1,379,181	1,304,006	1,216,000	1,253,000	1,240,000	1,328,000	1,296,000	1,292,000	1,378,000	U
Motorcyclists	N	N	N	N	N	N	84,285	80,435	65,099	59,436	57,405	57,480	55,281	52,574	48,974	49,986	57,723	60,236	64,713	67,103	76,379	87,335	88,652	102,994	95,986	90,000	82,000	81,000	93,000	88,000	92,000	88,000	U
Truck occupants ^f, light	N	N	N	N	N	N	505,144	562,601	544,657	600,874	631,411	722,496	761,478	754,820	762,506	846,865	886,566	860,527	879,338	889,048	900,171	872,137	856,896	841,451	768,410	759,000	733,000	728,000	762,000	750,000	782,000	803,000	U
Truck occupants ^f, large	N	N	N	N	N	N	41,822	28,031	33,778	32,102	30,208	30,344	32,760	30,913	28,767	32,892	30,832	29,424	26,242	26,893	27,287	27,284	23,815	23,314	22,947	17,000	20,000	23,000	25,000	24,000	27,000	30,000	U
Bus occupants	N	N	N	N	N	N	32,691	20,959	20,144	17,056	15,767	19,214	20,291	16,887	15,559	21,958	17,769	15,427	18,819	18,174	16,410	11,133	9,839	12,141	15,149	12,000	17,000	13,000	12,000	23,000	14,000	U	U
Pedestrians	N	N	N	N	N	N	104,805	88,446	89,184	94,001	91,987	85,837	81,797	77,011	68,955	85,235	77,625	77,619	70,664	69,949	67,985	64,446	60,924	70,286	68,832	59,000	70,000	69,000	76,000	66,000	65,000	70,000	U
Pedalcyclists	N	N	N	N	N	N	74,903	67,088	62,691	67,916	62,489	66,572	58,158	57,802	53,379	51,290	51,160	45,277	48,011	46,378	41,086	45,439	44,012	43,481	52,395	51,000	52,000	48,000	49,000	48,000	50,000	45,000	U
Other incident ^g	N	N	N	N	N	N	10,578	14,716	22,348	12,969	13,065	13,977	15,473	16,995	12,519	10,509	15,466	17,536	13,182	14,561	16,511	17,806	17,989	17,685	18,011	14,000	13,000	15,000	16,000	16,000	10,000	10,000	U
Railroad, total ^h	N	N	N	N	62,246	34,304	25,143	23,468	21,383	19,121	16,812	14,440	12,558	11,767	11,459	11,700	11,643	10,985	11,103	9,264	9,194	9,550	8,797	9,669	9,062	8,023	8,378	8,439	(R) 8,449	(R) 8,739	(R) 8,786	(R) 9,070	7,961
Train accidents	N	N	N	N	665	476	451	326	171	308	262	294	281	183	129	130	275	310	1,884	232	346	787	220	309	321	127	110	217	462	328	(R) 139	(R) 558	284
Highway-rail grade crossing	N	N	N	N	3,890	2,687	2,407	2,094	1,975	1,837	1,961	1,894	1,610	1,540	1,303	1,396	1,219	1,157	999	1,035	1,094	1,053	1,070	1,059	990	743	888	1,048	971	975	(R) 872	(R) 1,032	797
Tresspassers	N	N	N	N	474	492	560	534	540	509	452	461	474	516	513	444	414	404	395	398	406	420	481	407	432	344	390	366	410	434	(R) 424	(R) 415	483
Other incident ⁱ	N	N	N	N	57,217	30,649	21,725	20,514	18,697	16,467	14,137	11,791	10,193	9,528	9,514	9,730	9,735	9,114	7,825	7,599	7,348	7,290	7,026	7,894	7,319	6,809	6,990	6,808	(R) 6,606	(R) 7,002	(R) 7,351	(R) 7,065	6,397
Transit, total ^j	N	N	N	N	N	N	54,556	52,125	55,089	52,668	58,193	57,196	55,288	56,132	55,990	55,325	56,697	53,945	20,233	19,627	20,455	19,028	20,051	22,016	24,617	26,260	25,222	22,919	23,325	24,622	24,045	(R) 24,252	U
Passenger/Occupant	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	16,233	14,863	15,610	14,900	15,702	16,530	16,884	18,210	19,076	15,921	16,160	16,624	17,101	(R) 18,895	U
Employee/Worker	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1,172	1,194	1,104	985	1,213	1,921	1,535	1,454	1,369	1,377	1,439	1,554	1,680	(R) 1,794	U
Other incident	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	2,828	3,570	3,741	3,143	3,136	3,565	6,198	6,596	4,777	5,621	5,726	6,444	5,264	(R) 3,563	U
Water, total ^k	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	4,596	4,533	3,974	4,125	4,223	4,301	3,887	3,943	3,770	3,823	3,327	3,432	3,384	3,231	U
Passenger vessel ^l	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	154	180	222	201	240	241	201	199	210	352	177	459	337	313	U
Freight vessel ^m	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	220	298	232	297	276	222	220	217	254	232	58	196	225	165	U
Industrial/Other ⁿ	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	160	167	157	176	233	165	135	169	153	158	92	157	144	74	U
Recreational boating ^o	929	927	780	2,136	2,650	2,757	3,822	3,967	3,683	3,559	4,084	4,141	4,442	4,555	4,612	4,315	4,355	4,274	4,062	3,888	3,363	3,451	3,474	3,673	3,331	3,358	3,153	3,081	3,000	2,620	2,678	2,679	U
Pipeline, total	N	N	254	231	192	126	76	98	118	111	120	64	127	77	81	108	81	61	49	71	56	46	34	46	54	62	103	51	54	42	93	49	80
Hazardous liquid pipeline	N	N	21	17	15	18	7	9	38	10	7	11	13	5	6	20	4	10	0	5	16	2	2	10	2	4	3	2	4	6	0	0	5
Gas pipeline	N	N	233	214	177	108	69	89	80	101	113	53	114	72	75	88	77	51	49	66	40	44	32	36	52	58	100	49	50	36	93	49	75
Other counts, redundant with above
Railroad, injured at public crossing with motor vehicle	N	N	N	3,596	3,534	2,395	2,186	1,866	1,752	1,677	1,764	1,696	1,428	1,324	1,134	1,207	1,029	995	807	888	921	875	901	843	841	603	718	830	763	778	(R) 667	(R) 860	624
Rail, passenger	N	N	N	2,790	4,786	5,392	4,872	4,755	4,481	4,725	4,760	4,300	4,002	3,877	3,470	3,532	3,812	3,847	3,628	3,430	3,374	3,512	3,430	4,107	4,028	3,866	4,282	4,486	(R) 4,425	(R) 4,736	(R) 4,689	(R) 4,969	4,461
Train accidents	U	U	U	U	U	U	241	82	60	185	138	138	161	87	33	46	150	214	349	114	150	344	86	211	241	67	57	157	33	257	(R) 88	(R) 295	250
Highway-rail grade crossing^p	U	U	U	U	U	U	131	96	194	162	157	108	137	159	147	187	120	125	141	193	137	144	183	168	206	165	222	352	283	221	(R) 195	(R) 322	202
Trespassers	U	U	U	U	U	U	70	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	52	67	53	50	53	61	57	46	68	60	80	42	80	79	(R) 61	70	100
Other incidents	U	U	U	U	U	U	4,430	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	3,490	3,441	3,085	3,073	3,034	2,963	3,104	3,682	3,513	3,574	3,923	3,935	(R) 4,029	(R) 4,179	(R) 4,345	(R) 4,282	3,909
Rail, freight	N	N	N	51,510	57,460	28,912	20,271	18,713	16,902	14,396	12,052	10,140	8,556	7,891	7,997	8,176	7,834	7,138	7,477	5,834	5,825	6,038	5,373	5,563	5,039	4,159	4,097	3,953	4,034	(R) 4,003	(R) 4,102	(R) 4,101	3,505
Train accidents	U	U	U	U	471		210	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	128	96	1,535	118	201	443	134	99	80	60	53	60	429	71	51	263	34
Highway-rail grade crossing^q	U	U	U	U	3,844		2,276	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	1,099	1,032	860	842	957	909	887	891	787	578	667	696	698	754	679	(R) 710	598
Trespassers	U	U	U	U	441		490	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	362	337	342	348	353	359	424	361	364	284	310	324	330	355	(R) 363	(R) 345	383
Other incidents	U	U	U	U	52,704		17,295	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	6,245	5,673	4,740	4,526	4,314	4,327	3,928	4,212	3,808	3,237	3,067	2,873	2,576	(R) 2,823	(R) 3,009	(R) 2,783	2,490
Transit, non-rail	N	N	N	N	N	N	40,834	39,281	40,822	39,584	42,955	42,257	40,618	40,356	42,166	42,607	42,713	40,254	14,823	14,909	14,628	14,593	14,631	16,169	16,335	17,619	16,697	14,746	15,047	15,805	16,532	(R) 16,851	U
Transit, rail	N	N	N	N	N	N	13,722	12,844	14,267	13,084	15,238	14,939	14,670	15,776	13,824	12,718	13,984	13,691	5,382	4,689	5,803	4,428	5,401	5,836	8,260	8,604	8,436	8,057	8,278	8,817	7,513	(R) 7,401	U
Water, Vessel-related^r	N	N	105	97	180	172	175	110	170	171	182	154	254	120	130	152	150	210	102	135	141	116	283	115	118	129	128	99	137	164	98	128	U
Water, Not related to vessel casualties^s	N	N	U	U	U	U	U	U	1,503	1,398	1,878	1,870	1,368	1,062	579	525	607	524	663	695	537	603	736	615	532	544	622	720	682	589	608	424	U

KEY: N = data does not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^aSerious injuries only. See Glossary for definitions

^bAll service operating under 14 CFR 121 (Scheduled air carriers). Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes only aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent years' data.

^cAll scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (Commuter air carriers). Before Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 applied to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats. Since March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent years' data.

^dNonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (On-demand air taxis).

^e All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.

^fLarge trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors. Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles.

^g Includes occupants of other unknown vehicle types and other nonmotorists.

^hRailroad injury data for 1975 and before is not comparable with later years due to a change in the reporting system.

ⁱOther incidents are events other than Train Accidents or Crossing Incidents that cause physical harm to persons.

^jIncludes transit employee, contract worker, passenger, revenue facility occupant, and other injuries for all modes reported in the National Transit Database.

^kPassenger, freight, and industrial/other include only closed cases where vessels were involved in a marine casualty as of April 6, 2015. Open cases by fiscal year not included above: CY 2002 = 0, CY 2003 = 5, CY 2004 = 5, CY 2005 = 8, CY 2006 = 4, CY 2007 = 7, CY 2008 = 19, CY 2009 = 38, CY 2010 = 36, CY 2011 = 120, CY 2012 = 644, CY 2013 = 727, and CY 2014 = 742.

^lPassenger vessel includes passenger ship, research vessel, and schoolship and only closed cases where vessels were involved in a marine casualty as of April 6, 2015. Open cases by fiscal year not included above: CY 2002 = 0, CY 2003 = 5, CY 2004 = 5, CY 2005 = 8, CY 2006 = 4, CY 2007 = 7, CY 2008 = 19, CY 2009 = 38, CY 2010 = 36, CY 2011 = 120, CY 2012 = 644, CY 2013 = 727, and CY 2014 = 742.

^m Freight vessel includes barge, bulk carrier, fishing vessel, general dry cargo ship, misc. vessel, offshore, refrigerated, Ro-Ro, tanker, and towing vessel and only closed cases where vessels were involved in a marine casualty as of April 6, 2015. Open cases by fiscal year not included above: CY 2002 = 0, CY 2003 = 5, CY 2004 = 5, CY 2005 = 8, CY 2006 = 4, CY 2007 = 7, CY 2008 = 19, CY 2009 = 38, CY 2010 = 36, CY 2011 = 120, CY 2012 = 644, CY 2013 = 727, and CY 2014 = 742.

ⁿ Industrial/other includes fishing vessels, miscellaneous vessels, and offshore and and only closed cases where vessels were involved in a marine casualty as of April 6, 2015. Open cases by fiscal year not included above: CY 2002 = 0, CY 2003 = 5, CY 2004 = 5, CY 2005 = 8, CY 2006 = 4, CY 2007 = 7, CY 2008 = 19, CY 2009 = 38, CY 2010 = 36, CY 2011 = 120, CY 2012 = 644, CY 2013 = 727, and CY 2014 = 742.

^oRecreational includes airboats, canoes, kayaks, motorboats, pontoon, rowboats, and sailboats. Data are based on information provided by the States, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. Territories to the Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) system, which is subject to some under- or delayed reporting.

^pIncludes passenger train collisions with vehicles and people at all public and private highway-rail grade crossings.

^qHighway-rail grade crossing injuries include freight train collisions with vehicles and people at all public and private highway-rail grade crossings.

^rVessel-related injuries include those involving damage to vessels, such as collisions or groundings. Injuries not related to vessel casualties include those from falls overboard or from accidents involving onboard equipment.

^s1992-97 data come from the Marine Safety Management Information System. Between 1998 and 2001 the U.S. Coast Guard phased in a new computer system to track safety data, the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. During that period data come from combining entries in the Marine Safety Management Information System with entries in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System.

NOTES

To reduce double counting, the following adjustments are made to Total Injuries: For Railroad, injuries involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings are excluded because such fatalities are assumed to be included in Highway fatalities. For Transit, non-rail modes, including aerial tramway, motor bus, bus rapid transit, commuter bus, demand response, demand taxi, ferryboat, jitney, publico, trolleybus, and vanpool injuries are excluded because they are counted as Water and Highway fatalities.

Highway numbers including totals are estimates rather than actual counts. The estimates are calculated from data obtained from a nationally representative sample of crashes collected through NHTSA's General Estimates System (GES). Estimates are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Estimates less than 500 indicate that the sample size was too small to produce a meaningful estimate and should be rounded to zero.

Water injury data for 2001 and before is not comparable with later year due to a change in the reporting system.

Current version of this table is not comparable with the versions before 2014 because of the categories changing for some modes.

Pipeline incudes serious incidents only.

SOURCES

Air:

1970-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1995-15: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 9, 2009, Sep. 29, 2011, Jan. 23, 2013, Aug. 2013, Apr. 2015, Oct. 2015 and Sept. 2016.

Highway:

1990-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 1999, DOT HS 809 100 (Washington, DC: December 2000), table 4.

2000-04: Ibid., General Estimates System Database and personal communication, Dec. 9, 2003, Oct. 12, 2004, Apr. 20, 2006.

2005-14: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2, as of May 2016.

2015: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts Research Note (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 3, as of Aug. 2016.

Rail:

Highway-rail grade crossings:

1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).

1975-13: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of March 2015.

2014 -16: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 5.14, Hwy Rail Accident Inceident Summary By Railroad, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Mar. 2017.

Railroad:

1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).

1975-16: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, tables 1.12, 1.13, 2.07, and 5.14, Ten Year Accident/Incident Overview by Railroad, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of Mar 2017.

Transit:

1990-01: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, Transit Safety and Security Statistics, Safety & Security Time Series Data, available at http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/data/samis.aspx as of Mar. 2015.

2002-15: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, personal communication, Jun. 20, 2016

Water:

Passenger, Freight, Industrial/Other:

2002-15: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division, Marine Casualty and Pollution Data for Researchers (April 6, 2015), available at homeport.uscg.gov as of May 2016.

Recreational boating:

1960-02: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 31, available at http://www.uscgboating.org as of June 2014.

2003-15: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Recreational Boating Statistics (annual issues), available at www.uscgboating.org as of Jan. 2016.

Pipeline:

Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline:

1970-16: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, available at http://phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats/pipelineincidenttrends as of Mar. 2017.

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Table 2-2: Injured Persons by Transportation Mode