Table 5-2: Injured Persons by Transportation Mode, Various Years
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL Injuries | 3,269,466 | 3,217,115 | 2,716,534 | 2,236,294 | 2,259,768 | 2,234,245 |
| Air, total | 485 | 357 | 304 | 301 | 277 | 362 |
| U.S. air carrier | 29 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 20 |
| Commuter carrier | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| On-demand air taxi | 36 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| General aviation | 409 | 309 | 267 | 273 | 256 | 327 |
| Highway, total | 3,230,667 | 3,188,750 | 2,698,976 | 2,218,000 | 2,240,000 | 2,217,000 |
| Passenger car occupants | 2,376,439 | 2,051,609 | 1,573,396 | 1,216,000 | 1,253,000 | 1,240,000 |
| Motorcyclists | 84,285 | 57,723 | 87,335 | 90,000 | 82,000 | 81,000 |
| Truck occupants, light | 505,144 | 886,566 | 872,137 | 759,000 | 733,000 | 728,000 |
| Truck occupants, large | 41,822 | 30,832 | 27,284 | 17,000 | 20,000 | 23,000 |
| Bus occupants | 32,691 | 17,769 | 11,133 | 12,000 | 17,000 | 13,000 |
| Pedestrians | 104,805 | 77,625 | 64,446 | 59,000 | 70,000 | 69,000 |
| Pedalcyclists | 74,903 | 51,160 | 45,439 | 51,000 | 52,000 | 48,000 |
| Other | 10,578 | 15,466 | 17,806 | 14,000 | 13,000 | 15,000 |
| Pipeline, total | 76 | 81 | 48 | 64 | 109 | 57 |
| Railroad, totala | 22,957 | 10,614 | 8,677 | 7,419 | 7,671 | 7,550 |
| Highway-rail grade crossing | 221 | 190 | 180 | 141 | 169 | 216 |
| Railroad | 22,736 | 10,424 | 8,497 | 7,278 | 7,502 | 7,334 |
| Transit, totalb,c | 11,284 | 12,201 | 4,434 | 6,579 | 7,844 | 5,436 |
| Highway-rail grade crossing | U | 123 | 194 | 279 | 321 | 363 |
| Transit | U | 12,078 | 4,240 | 6,300 | 7,523 | 5,073 |
| Waterborne, total | 3,997 | 5,112 | 4,095 | 3,931 | 3,867 | 3,840 |
| Vessel-related, commercial ship | 175 | 150 | 140 | 196 | 172 | 105 |
| Nonvessel-related, commercial shipa | U | 607 | 504 | 377 | 542 | 654 |
| Recreational boating | 3,822 | 4,355 | 3,451 | 3,358 | 3,153 | 3,081 |
aExcludes fatalities involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings, which are assumed to be counted under Highway categories.
bIncludes automated guideway, heavy rail, and light rail fatalities. Other transit fatalities are assumed to be counted under Highway or Rail categories.
cData for 1990 and 2000 are not comparable to later years due to changes in methodology.
KEY: U = data are unavailable
NOTE: 2009 and later highway numbers are estimates and not 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.
SOURCES: Various sources as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-2, available at www.bts.gov, as of April 2014.