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Table 5-2: Injured Persons 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 injuriesa 3,239,000 3,114,000 3,082,000 3,162,000 3,284,000 3,482,000 3,496,000 3,362,000 3,209,000 3,250,000 3,209,000 3,047,000 2,923,000 2,885,000 2,783,000 2,694,000 2,573,000 2,492,000 2,347,000 2,225,000 2,244,000 2,217,000 2,360,000 2,312,000
Air, total 485 514 456 430 484 452 467 417 369 406 359 368 337 367 302 305 286 291 299 301 278 363 274 250
U.S. air carrier 29 26 22 19 31 25 77 43 30 67 31 19 24 31 20 14 9 16 26 23 17 20 18 9
Commuter carrier 11 31 7 2 6 17 2 1 2 2 7 4 - 1 - - 1 - 2 1 2 - - 9
On-demand air taxi 36 26 19 24 32 14 22 23 10 15 12 24 16 12 17 20 11 20 12 4 3 15 9 16
General aviation 409 431 408 385 415 396 366 350 327 322 309 321 297 323 265 271 265 255 259 273 256 328 247 216
Highway passenger, totalb 3,189,000 3,069,000 3,036,000 3,117,000 3,236,000 3,435,000 3,451,000 3,317,000 3,163,000 3,203,000 3,158,000 3,003,000 2,900,000 2,862,000 2,761,000 2,672,000 2,551,000 2,468,000 2,323,000 2,200,000 2,219,000 2,194,000 2,337,000 2,289,000
Passenger car occupants 2,376,000 2,235,000 2,232,000 2,265,000 2,364,000 2,469,000 2,458,000 2,341,000 2,201,000 2,138,000 2,052,000 1,927,000 1,805,000 1,756,000 1,643,000 1,573,000 1,475,000 1,379,000 1,304,000 1,216,000 1,253,000 1,240,000 1,328,000 1,296,000
Motorcyclists 84,000 80,000 65,000 59,000 57,000 57,000 55,000 53,000 49,000 50,000 58,000 60,000 65,000 67,000 76,000 87,000 89,000 103,000 96,000 90,000 82,000 81,000 93,000 88,000
Truck occupants, light 505,000 563,000 545,000 601,000 631,000 722,000 761,000 755,000 763,000 847,000 887,000 861,000 879,000 889,000 900,000 872,000 857,000 841,000 768,000 759,000 733,000 728,000 762,000 750,000
Bus occupants 33,000 21,000 20,000 17,000 16,000 19,000 20,000 17,000 16,000 22,000 18,000 15,000 19,000 18,000 16,000 11,000 10,000 12,000 15,000 12,000 17,000 13,000 12,000 23,000
Pedestrians 105,000 88,000 89,000 94,000 92,000 86,000 82,000 77,000 69,000 85,000 78,000 78,000 71,000 70,000 68,000 64,000 61,000 70,000 69,000 59,000 70,000 69,000 76,000 66,000
Pedalcyclists 75,000 67,000 63,000 68,000 62,000 67,000 58,000 58,000 53,000 51,000 51,000 45,000 48,000 46,000 41,000 45,000 44,000 43,000 52,000 51,000 52,000 48,000 49,000 48,000
Other 11,000 15,000 22,000 13,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 17,000 13,000 11,000 15,000 18,000 13,000 15,000 17,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 14,000 13,000 15,000 16,000 16,000
Rail passenger, total 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 4,280 4,467 4,408 4,735
Train accidents 241 82 60 185 138 138 161 87 33 46 150 214 349 114 150 344 86 211 241 67 57 156 32 256
Highway-rail grade crossingc 131 96 194 162 157 108 137 159 147 187 120 125 141 193 137 144 183 168 206 165 222 352 283 220
Trespassers 70                   52                   80     78
Other incidents 4,430                   3,490                   3,921     4,181
Transit, totald 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
Transit, non-raile 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
Transit, railf 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
Water passenger, total 3,834                   4,451   4,216 4,068 3,585 3,652 3,714 3,914 3,532 3,557 3,363 3,433 3,177 2,668
Passenger vesselg 12                   96   154 180 222 201 240 241 201 199 210 352 177 48
Recreational boating 3,822                   4,355   4,062 3,888 3,363 3,451 3,474 3,673 3,331 3,358 3,153 3,081 3,000 2,620

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

bExcludes large truck occupants. Individual categories may not sum to total because injuries are rounded estimates.

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: AirNational 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 2-2, available at www.bts.gov as of June 2015.