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6-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode

Monday, December 28, 2015

Excel

Mode 2003 2013
Air 699 429
U.S. air carrier 22 9
Commuter carrier 2 6
On-demand air taxi 42 27
General aviation 633 387
Highway 42,884 32,719
Passenger car occupants 19,725 11,977
Motorcyclists 3,714 4,668
Light-truck occupants 12,546 9,155
Heavy-truck occupants 726 691
Bus occupants 41 48
Pedestrians 4,774 4,735
Pedalcyclists 629 743
Other 729 702
Pipeline 12 9
Rail 865 706
Train Accidents 4 11
Highway-rail grade crossinga 334 231
Trespassers 498 432
Other 29 32
Transitb 202 266
Water 844 642
Freight vessel and Industrial/Other 89 25
Passenger vessel and Recreational boating 755 617
Total 45,121 34,509
Other countsc    
Railroad, killed at public crossing with motor vehicle 249 140
Transit, non-rail 136 122
Transit, rail 66 144

aExcludes fatalities involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings, which are assumed to be counted under Highway categories. bIncludes transit employee, contract worker, passenger, revenue facility occupant, and other fatalities for all modes reported to the National Transit Database. Other transit fatalities are assumed to be counted under Highway or Rail categories. cOther counts are redundant 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 2015.