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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Figure 2 - Facility Rates for Selected Modes

Figure 2
Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

Figure 2, Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

aFor air carriers, the data were dampened, or smoothed, to reduce the month-to-month fluctuations. This dampening was performed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.95.

Source: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: In press).