Table 2-4: Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | (R) 2009 | (R) 2010 | (R) 2011 | (P) 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| TOTAL of all modesa | 44,074 | 100.0 | 44,376 | 100.0 | 44,933 | 100.0 | 45,262 | 100.0 | 45,110 | 100.0 | 45,035 | 100.0 | 45,645 | 100.0 | 45,018 | 100.0 | 43,314 | 100.0 | 39,505 | 100.0 | 35,920 | 100.0 | 34,969 | 100.0 | 34,456 | 100.0 | 35,371 | 100.0 |
| Passenger car occupants | 20,862 | 47.3 | 20,699 | 46.6 | 20,320 | 45.2 | 20,569 | 45.4 | 19,725 | 43.7 | 19,192 | 42.6 | 18,512 | 40.6 | 17,925 | 39.8 | 16,614 | 38.4 | 14,646 | 37.1 | 13,135 | 36.6 | 12,491 | 35.7 | 12,014 | 34.9 | 12,271 | 34.7 |
| Light-truck occupants | 11,265 | 25.6 | 11,526 | 26.0 | 11,723 | 26.1 | 12,274 | 27.1 | 12,546 | 27.8 | 12,674 | 28.1 | 13,037 | 28.6 | 12,761 | 28.3 | 12,458 | 28.8 | 10,816 | 27.4 | 10,312 | 28.7 | 9,782 | 28.0 | 9,302 | 27.0 | 9,396 | 26.6 |
| Motorcyclists | 2,483 | 5.6 | 2,897 | 6.5 | 3,197 | 7.1 | 3,270 | 7.2 | 3,714 | 8.2 | 4,028 | 8.9 | 4,576 | 10.0 | 4,837 | 10.7 | 5,174 | 11.9 | 5,312 | 13.4 | 4,469 | 12.4 | 4,518 | 12.9 | 4,630 | 13.4 | 4,957 | 14.0 |
| Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles | 4,939 | 11.2 | 4,763 | 10.7 | 4,901 | 10.9 | 4,851 | 10.7 | 4,774 | 10.6 | 4,675 | 10.4 | 4,892 | 10.7 | 4,795 | 10.7 | 4,699 | 10.8 | 4,414 | 11.2 | 4,109 | 11.4 | 4,302 | 12.3 | 4,457 | 12.9 | 4,743 | 13.4 |
| Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles | 754 | 1.7 | 693 | 1.6 | 732 | 1.6 | 665 | 1.5 | 629 | 1.4 | 727 | 1.6 | 786 | 1.7 | 772 | 1.7 | 701 | 1.6 | 718 | 1.8 | 628 | 1.7 | 623 | 1.8 | 682 | 2.0 | 726 | 2.1 |
| Large-truck occupants | 759 | 1.7 | 754 | 1.7 | 708 | 1.6 | 689 | 1.5 | 726 | 1.6 | 766 | 1.7 | 804 | 1.8 | 805 | 1.8 | 805 | 1.9 | 682 | 1.7 | 499 | 1.4 | 530 | 1.5 | 640 | 1.9 | 697 | 2.0 |
| Recreational boating | 734 | 1.7 | 701 | 1.6 | 681 | 1.5 | 750 | 1.7 | 703 | 1.6 | 676 | 1.5 | 697 | 1.5 | 710 | 1.6 | 685 | 1.6 | 709 | 1.8 | 736 | 2.0 | 672 | 1.9 | 758 | 2.2 | 651 | 1.8 |
| Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants | 447 | 1.0 | 450 | 1.0 | 458 | 1.0 | 528 | 1.2 | 589 | 1.3 | 602 | 1.3 | 659 | 1.4 | 601 | 1.3 | 614 | 1.4 | 580 | 1.5 | 554 | 1.5 | 524 | 1.5 | 499 | 1.4 | 509 | 1.4 |
| General aviation | 621 | 1.4 | 596 | 1.3 | 562 | 1.3 | 581 | 1.3 | 633 | 1.4 | 559 | 1.2 | 563 | 1.2 | 706 | 1.6 | 496 | 1.1 | 495 | 1.3 | 479 | 1.3 | 457 | 1.3 | 448 | 1.3 | 432 | 1.2 |
| Railroad trespassersb (excluding grade crossings) | 479 | 1.1 | 463 | 1.0 | 511 | 1.1 | 540 | 1.2 | 498 | 1.1 | 472 | 1.0 | 458 | 1.0 | 511 | 1.1 | 470 | 1.1 | 457 | 1.2 | 416 | 1.2 | 439 | 1.3 | 406 | 1.2 | 425 | 1.2 |
| Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehiclesc | 149 | 0.3 | 141 | 0.3 | 123 | 0.3 | 114 | 0.3 | 140 | 0.3 | 130 | 0.3 | 186 | 0.4 | 185 | 0.4 | 158 | 0.4 | 188 | 0.5 | 151 | 0.4 | 185 | 0.5 | 200 | 0.6 | 223 | 0.6 |
| Highway-rail grade crossings, not involving motor vehiclesd | 57 | 0.1 | 64 | 0.1 | 76 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.1 | 53 | 0.1 | 82 | 0.2 | 75 | 0.2 | 64 | 0.1 | 74 | 0.2 | 69 | 0.2 | 66 | 0.2 | 93 | 0.3 | 81 | 0.2 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Heavy rail transit (subway) | 84 | 0.2 | 80 | 0.2 | 59 | 0.1 | 73 | 0.2 | 49 | 0.1 | 59 | 0.1 | 35 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 61 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.2 | 87 | 0.2 | 81 | 0.2 | 51 | 0.1 |
| Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit) | 59 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.1 | 45 | 0.1 | 41 | 0.1 | 42 | 0.1 | 58 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 | 36 | 0.1 | 67 | 0.2 | 26 | 0.1 | 44 | 0.1 | 55 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.1 |
| Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) | 58 | 0.1 | 53 | 0.1 | 53 | 0.1 | 59 | 0.1 | 69 | 0.2 | 86 | 0.2 | 78 | 0.2 | 73 | 0.2 | 67 | 0.2 | 51 | 0.1 | 50 | 0.1 | 41 | 0.1 | 31 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 |
| Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) | 136 | 0.3 | 134 | 0.3 | 94 | 0.2 | 54 | 0.1 | 61 | 0.1 | 60 | 0.1 | 60 | 0.1 | 56 | 0.1 | 59 | 0.1 | 67 | 0.2 | 53 | 0.1 | 52 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 |
| Private highway-rail grade crossings, with motor vehicles | 36 | 0.1 | 55 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 39 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 38 | 0.1 | 38 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.1 |
| Light rail transit | 17 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 32 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 29 | 0.1 |
| Air taxi | 38 | 0.1 | 71 | 0.2 | 60 | 0.1 | 35 | 0.1 | 42 | 0.1 | 64 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.1 | 69 | 0.2 | 17 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.1 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Railroad employees, contractors, and volunteers on duty (excluding grade crossings) | 31 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Railroad-related, not otherwise specified (excluding grade crossings) | 17 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Gas distribution pipelines | 16 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Passengers on railroad trains (excluding grade crossings) | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 24 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Hazardous liquid pipelines | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Commuter air | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Air carrierse | 12 | 0.0 | 92 | 0.2 | 531 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | 50 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 52 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Automated guideway | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gas transmission pipelines | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other counts, redundant with abovef | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants | 5,380 | 12.2 | 5,282 | 11.9 | 5,111 | 11.4 | 4,939 | 10.9 | 5,036 | 11.2 | 5,235 | 11.6 | 5,240 | 11.5 | 5,027 | 11.2 | 4,822 | 11.1 | 4,245 | 10.7 | 3,380 | 9.4 | 3,686 | 10.5 | 3,781 | 11.0 | 3,921 | 11.1 |
| Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles | 309 | 0.7 | 306 | 0.7 | 315 | 0.7 | 271 | 0.6 | 249 | 0.6 | 256 | 0.6 | 258 | 0.6 | 267 | 0.6 | 227 | 0.5 | 199 | 0.5 | 161 | 0.4 | 136 | 0.4 | 139 | 0.4 | 134 | 0.4 |
| Commuter rail | 95 | 0.2 | 87 | 0.2 | 87 | 0.2 | 116 | 0.3 | 77 | 0.2 | 86 | 0.2 | 105 | 0.2 | 85 | 0.2 | 124 | 0.3 | 93 | 0.2 | 66 | 0.2 | 97 | 0.3 | 97 | 0.3 | 80 | 0.2 |
| Outside planes in crashesg | 5 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Includes fatalities outside the vehicle, unless otherwise specified.
b Includes fatalities outside trains, except at grade crossings.
c Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.
d Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles are excluded in counts for motor vehicles.
e In 2001, other than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded.
f Fatalities at grade crossings with motor vehicles are included under relevant motor vehicle modes. Commuter rail fatalities are counted under railroad. For Transit bus and Demand responsive transit accidents, occupant fatalities are counted under "bus" and nonoccupant fatalities are counted under "Pedestrians," "Pedalcyclists," or other motor vehicle categories.
g Includes nonoccupant fatalities resulting from aviation accidents.
SOURCES
Air:
National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, available at www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of September 2014.
Highway:
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), General Trends, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/reportslinks.aspx as of September 2014.
Railroad:
1999-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Annual Issues), available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Oct. 28, 2009.
2006-11: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report, tables 1-3 and 7-4, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of September 2014.
Transit:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) and personal communication, Nov. 12, 2010, Apr. 12, 2013.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis, available at http://transit-safety.fta.dot.gov/Data/samis/default.aspx?ReportID=2 as of September 2014.
Waterborne transportation:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communications, Oct. 27, 2009, Sept. 30, 2010 and Apr. 15, 2013..
Recreational boating:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics, table 30, available at http://www.uscgboating.org as of September 2014.
Pipeline:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Incidents and Mileage Reports, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of September 2014.