Figure 5-1 Fatality Rates for Selected Transportation Modes: 1990–2014
NOTES: Graphs with same color trend lines have identical scales. Nonoccupant includes pedestrian and riders of nonmotorized bicycles and other pedal-powered vehicles and is measured on a per capita basis because exposure based estimates are not available. Air carrier fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist acts include only onboard fatalities. 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 2016. Rail–USDOT, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 1-13, available at safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety as of April 2016.