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6-2 Transportation Injuries by Mode

Friday, November 18, 2016

Excel

Mode 2003 2013
Air 367 250
U.S. air carrier 31 9
Commuter carrier 1 9
On-demand air taxi 12 16
General aviation 323 216
Highway 2,888,601 2,313,000
Passenger car occupants 1,756,495 1,296,000
Motorcyclists 67,103 88,000
Light-truck occupants 889,048 750,000
Heavy-truck occupants 26,893 24,000
Bus occupants 18,174 23,000
Pedestrians 69,949 66,000
Pedalcyclists 46,378 48,000
Other 14,561 16,000
Pipeline 71 44
Rail 9,662 9,135
Train Accidents 232 325
Highway-rail grade crossinga 1,035 972
Trespassers 398 431
Other 7,997 7,407
Transitb 19,627 24,622
Water 4,533 3,432
Freight vessel and Industrial/Other 465 353
Passenger vessel and Recreational boating 4,068 3,079
Total 2,907,064 2,333,903
Other countsc    
Railroad, killed at public crossing with motor vehicle 888 775
Transit, non-rail 14,909 15,805
Transit, rail 4,689 8,817

aExcludes injuries 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 injuries for all modes reported to the National Transit Database. Other transit injuries 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 2-2, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2015.