Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2003
Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2003
(All transit modes)
| State | Collision | Noncollision | Total property damage ($ thousands) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | ||
| Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 130 |
| Alaska | 6 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 187 |
| Arizona | 14 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Arkansas | 62 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| California | 648 | 26 | 677 | 1,355 | 22 | 1,289 | 7,370 |
| Colorado | 35 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 403 |
| Connecticut | 56 | 0 | 126 | 40 | 0 | 43 | 501 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 36 | 2 | 66 | 259 | 6 | 242 | 380 |
| Florida | 608 | 2 | 769 | 337 | 1 | 332 | 1,692 |
| Georgia | 153 | 2 | 237 | 225 | 0 | 223 | 1,278 |
| Hawaii | 31 | 1 | 25 | 76 | 0 | 78 | 315 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Illinois | 413 | 10 | 725 | 1,063 | 30 | 999 | 16,359 |
| Indiana | 82 | 1 | 74 | 64 | 0 | 63 | 421 |
| Iowa | 15 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 143 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 22 | 1 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 344 |
| Louisiana | 495 | 0 | 281 | 60 | 0 | 96 | 989 |
| Maine | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Maryland | 153 | 5 | 350 | 121 | 0 | 125 | 712 |
| Massachusetts | 90 | 4 | 156 | 774 | 6 | 627 | 198 |
| Michigan | 944 | 2 | 64 | 42 | 0 | 37 | 7,467 |
| Minnesota | 36 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 0 | 44 | 405 |
| Mississippi | 54 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Missouri | 97 | 1 | 171 | 119 | 0 | 124 | 350 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| New Jersey | 837 | 4 | 515 | 545 | 13 | 481 | 3,009 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| New York | 956 | 32 | 1,287 | 4,844 | 25 | 3,579 | 20,211 |
| North Carolina | 70 | 0 | 139 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 832 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 179 | 3 | 304 | 186 | 0 | 182 | 1,322 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 |
| Oregon | 46 | 5 | 68 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 947 |
| Pennsylvania | 683 | 6 | 241 | 1,260 | 2 | 1,195 | 511 |
| Rhode Island | 41 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 204 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Tennessee | 54 | 3 | 128 | 39 | 0 | 37 | 502 |
| Texas | 310 | 5 | 577 | 182 | 3 | 169 | 3,531 |
| Utah | 32 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 480 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 58 | 0 | 74 | 62 | 1 | 73 | 526 |
| Washington | 125 | 3 | 171 | 174 | 2 | 157 | 1,634 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 81 | 0 | 143 | 74 | 0 | 81 | 603 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| United States, total | 7,552 | 129 | 7,727 | 12,202 | 114 | 10,523 | 74,564 |
NOTES: 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; 3) evacuations for life safety; and 4) nonarson fires. For an incident to be reportable it must involve a transit vehicle or occur on transit property and either: 1) result in a fatality, injury or transit property damage greater than $7,500; 2) involve a nonarson fire; 3) involve a mainline derailment; or 4) involve an evacuation due to life safety.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 2003 National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.com as of Oct. 5, 2005.