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Table 5-1 Fatalities by Selected Passenger Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2013

Friday, September 18, 2015

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  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
TOTAL passenger fatalitiesa 45,948 42,155 39,927 40,733 41,409 42,431 42,823 42,357 41,738 41,932 42,989 42,996 44,049 43,930 43,735 44,355 43,779 42,097 38,400 35,036 34,020 33,472 34,583 33,394
Air, total 866 1,039 988 811 1,057 963 1,093 724 670 683 764 1,166 616 699 637 603 774 540 568 548 476 489 449 429
U.S. air carrier 39 62 33 1 239 168 380 8 1 12 92 531 0 22 14 22 50 1 3 52 2 0 0 9
Commuter carrier 6 99 21 24 25 9 14 46 0 12 5 13 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
On-demand air taxi 51 78 68 42 63 52 63 39 45 38 71 60 35 42 64 18 16 43 69 17 17 41 9 27
General aviation 770 800 866 744 730 734 636 631 624 621 596 562 581 633 559 563 706 496 496 479 457 448 440 387
Highway passenger, totalb 43,894 40,847 38,665 39,545 40,046 41,169 41,442 41,290 40,759 40,958 41,191 41,488 42,316 42,158 42,070 42,706 41,903 40,454 36,741 33,384 32,469 31,839 33,085 32,028
Passenger car occupants 24,092 22,385 21,387 21,566 21,997 22,423 22,505 22,199 21,194 20,862 20,699 20,320 20,569 19,725 19,192 18,512 17,925 16,614 14,646 13,135 12,491 12,014 12,361 11,977
Motorcyclists 3,244 2,806 2,395 2,449 2,320 2,227 2,161 2,116 2,294 2,483 2,897 3,197 3,270 3,714 4,028 4,576 4,837 5,174 5,312 4,469 4,518 4,630 4,986 4,668
Light truck occupants 8,601 8,391 8,098 8,511 8,904 9,568 9,932 10,249 10,705 11,265 11,526 11,723 12,274 12,546 12,674 13,037 12,761 12,458 10,816 10,312 9,782 9,302 9,418 9,155
Bus occupants 32 31 28 18 18 33 21 18 38 59 22 34 45 41 42 58 27 36 67 26 44 55 39 48
Pedestrians 6,482 5,801 5,549 5,649 5,489 5,584 5,449 5,321 5,228 4,939 4,763 4,901 4,851 4,774 4,675 4,892 4,795 4,699 4,414 4,109 4,302 4,457 4,818 4,735
Pedalcyclists 859 843 723 816 802 833 765 814 760 754 693 732 665 629 727 786 772 701 718 628 623 682 734 743
Other 584 590 485 536 516 501 609 573 540 596 591 581 642 729 732 845 786 772 768 705 709 699 729 702
Rail passenger, total 202 178 175 292 196 211 176 227 196 188 220 242 226 182 201 202 180 216 229 214 215 194 200 198
Train accidents 0 9 0 55 3 2 14 4 0 1 2 1 7 1 2 14 0 2 25 1 4 0 0 5
Highway-rail grade crossingc 74 54 70 77 57 81 53 72 70 70 72 95 69 72 72 70 74 87 70 82 74 61 62 76
Trespassers 117                   135                   131     110
Other incidents 11                   11                   6     7
Transit, totald 339 300 273 281 320 274 264 275 286 299 295 267 182 202 177 149 162 188 172 226 221 228 264 266
Transit, non-raile 110 91 99 85 110 88 112 116 113 103 98 100 93 136 95 92 121 122 88 91 100 96 114 122
Transit, railf 229 209 174 196 210 186 152 159 173 196 197 167 89 66 81 54 41 65 84 134 120 132 150 144
Water passenger, total 876                   716   798 755 731 749 801 764 774 798 759 854 735 617
Passenger vesselg 11                   15   48 52 55 52 91 79 65 62 87 96 84 57
Recreational boating 865                   701   750 703 676 697 710 685 709 736 672 758 651 560

aMay include fatalities double counted under Highway and Passenger rail. To reduce double counting, Total fatalities excludes Transit, rail fatalities, which are assumed to be included under Passenger rail.

bExcludes large truck occupants.

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

dTransit data prior to 2002 are not comparable with later years due to a change in the reporting system.

eIncludes aerial tramway, bus, bus rapid transit, commuter bus, demand response, demand taxi, ferryboat, jitney, publico, trolleybus, and vanpool.

fIncludes Alaska Railroad, cable car, commuter rail, heavy rail, hybrid rail, inclined plane, light rail, monorail/automated guideway transit, and streetcar.

gData for 2002 and on include passenger ships, research vessels, and schoolships. Data prior to 2002 were tabulated using a different reporting system and are not directly comparable with later years.

SOURCES: Air—National Transportation Safety Board. Highway—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Railroad—Federal Railroad Administration. Transit—Federal Transit Administration. Waterborne—U.S. Coast Guard. Recreational boating—U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety. As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-1, available at www.bts.gov as of June 2015.