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6-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Excel

Mode 2002 2012
Air 616 447
U.S. air carrier 0 0
Commuter carrier 0 0
On-demand air taxi 35 15
General aviation 581 432
Highway 43,005 33,561
Passenger car occupants 20,569 12,271
Motorcyclists 3,270 4,957
Light-truck occupants 12,274 9,396
Heavy-truck occupants 689 697
Bus occupants 45 39
Pedestrians 4,851 4,743
Pedalcyclists 665 726
Other 642 732
Pipeline 12 12
Hazardous liquid 1 3
Gas 11 9
Rail 680 557
Trespassers 540 425
Highway-rail grade crossinga 86 98
Employees, contractors, and passengers 54 34
Transitb 86 82
Water 863 714
Commercial vessel 113 63
Recreational boating 750 651
Total 45,262 35,373
Other countsc    
Highway-rail grade crossings 357 232
Commuter rail 116 80
Heavy rail 73 52
Light rail 13 29
Transit bus 78 70

aExcludes fatalities involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings, which are assumed to be counted under Highway categories. bIncludes automated guideway, heavy-rail, and light-rail fatalities. Other transit fatalities are assumed to be counted under Highway or Rail categories. cOther counts are included in modal categories above.

Source: 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 October 2014.