Table 2-15: U.S. Transit Safety Data: 2000
Table 2-15: U.S. Transit Safety Data: 2000
Collision | Noncollision | Total property damage($ thousands) | |||||
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Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | ||
Automated guideway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 34 |
Cable car | 10 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
Commuter rail | 267 | 104 | 95 | 1,981 | 2 | 1,865 | 8,047 |
Demand responsive | 3,055 | 6 | 1,603 | 1,510 | 11 | 1,494 | 6,910 |
Ferry boat | 7 | 0 | 6 | 719 | 0 | 730 | 106 |
Heavy rail | 389 | 55 | 316 | 12,388 | 22 | 10,530 | 5,034 |
Light rail | 343 | 30 | 361 | 979 | 0 | 978 | 3,062 |
Motor bus | 23,184 | 93 | 20,800 | 19,847 | 8 | 20,967 | 43,717 |
Trolley bus | 122 | 0 | 103 | 257 | 0 | 265 | 103 |
Van pool | 186 | 1 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 563 |
NOTES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Collision includes at-grade crossings and suicides. Noncollision includes: 1) derailments/buses going off road; 2) personal casualties in parking facilities, inside vehicles, on right of way, boarding/alighting, and in station/bus stops; and 3) nonarson fires.
SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2000 National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.com as of Dec. 5, 2001.