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Figure 5-8 Injury Rates for Select Transportation Modes: 1990–2013

Thursday, September 17, 2015

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Figure 5-8 Injury Rates for Select Transportation Modes: 1990–2013

Total highway

Year Injuries per 100 million vehicle miles
1990 150.7
1991 142.6
1992 136.6
1993 137.1
1994 138.5
1995 143.0
1996 140.2
1997 131.2
1998 121.5
1999 120.3
2000 116.1
2001 108.5
2002 102.5
2003 99.9
2004 94.0
2005 90.3
2006 85.4
2007 82.2
2008 78.8
2009 75.0
2010 75.5
2011 75.1
2012 79.5
2013 77.4

Passenger car and light truck occupants

Year Injuries per 100 million vehicle miles
1990 166.5
1991 158.3
1992 155.4
1993 156.7
1994 162.0
1995 167.0
1996 164.0
1997 153.1
1998 141.5
1999 136.2
2000 129.6
2001 120.7
2002 111.8
2003 108.9
2004 100.8
2005 97.3
2006 91.2
2007 88.7
2008 85.5
2009 80.5
2010 83.1
2011 90.5
2012 96.4
2013 93.6

 

Highway nonoccupants

Year Injuries per 100,000 population
1990 74.9
1991 65.6
1992 63.2
1993 65.8
1994 62.3
1995 60.8
1996 56.1
1997 53.5
1998 47.5
1999 50.2
2000 47.5
2001 46.0
2002 43.8
2003 42.7
2004 40.3
2005 39.9
2006 37.5
2007 41.2
2008 42.7
2009 37.8
2010 42.0
2011 40.4
2012 43.2
2013 39.6

Passenger rail

Year Injuries per million train-miles
1990 U
1991 U
1992 U
1993 U
1994 U
1995 U
1996 U
1997 49.7
1998 44.3
1999 42.9
2000 45.2
2001 43.8
2002 40.5
2003 38.4
2004 37.7
2005 39.0
2006 35.7
2007 41.3
2008 39.5
2009 36.2
2010 40.7
2011 42.3
2012 41.0
2013 42.5

 

U.S. air carriers

Year Injuries per 100,000 flight hours
1990 0.2
1991 0.2
1992 0.2
1993 0.1
1994 0.2
1995 0.2
1996 0.6
1997 0.3
1998 0.2
1999 0.4
2000 0.2
2001 0.1
2002 0.1
2003 0.2
2004 0.1
2005 0.1
2006 0.0
2007 0.1
2008 0.1
2009 0.1
2010 0.1
2011 0.1
2012 0.1
2013 0.0

General aviation

Year Injuries per 100,000 flight hours
1990 1.4
1991 1.6
1992 1.6
1993 1.7
1994 1.9
1995 1.6
1996 1.5
1997 1.4
1998 1.3
1999 1.1
2000 1.1
2001 1.3
2002 1.2
2003 1.2
2004 1.1
2005 1.2
2006 1.1
2007 1.1
2008 1.1
2009 1.3
2010 1.2
2011 1.4
2012 1.2
2013 1.0

NOTES: Graphs with same color trend lines have identical scales. Light-duty vehicles includes passenger car and light truck occupants. Air includes serious injuries only. Nonoccupant includes pedestrians and riders of nonmotorized bicycles and other pedal-powered vehicles and is measured on a per capita basis because exposure based estimated are not available. Passenger rail data for years before 1997 are not available.

SOURCE: Highway and Air–Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) based upon multiple sources as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistic, tables 2-9, 2-14, 2-17, 2-19, 2-21, and 2-23, available at www.bts.gov as of April 2015. Rail–USDOT, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 1-13, available at safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of April 2015.