Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2006
Table 2-16: Transit Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Property Damage: 2006
(All transit modes)
State | Collision | Noncollision | Total property damage ($ thousands) | ||||
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Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | Number of incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | ||
Alabama | 17 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 181 |
Alaska | 12 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 98 |
Arizona | 48 | 2 | 56 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 435 |
Arkansas | 36 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
California | 1,133 | 56 | 1,195 | 1,603 | 22 | 1,523 | 4,598 |
Colorado | 46 | 2 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 161 |
Connecticut | 73 | 0 | 130 | 67 | 1 | 77 | 376 |
Delaware | 140 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 |
District of Columbia | 216 | 14 | 355 | 510 | 2 | 388 | 28 |
Florida | 539 | 17 | 778 | 417 | 3 | 391 | 2,937 |
Georgia | 255 | 1 | 238 | 425 | 1 | 401 | 1,646 |
Hawaii | 43 | 4 | 48 | 83 | 0 | 85 | 452 |
Idaho | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Illinois | 580 | 29 | 953 | 998 | 2 | 1,054 | 2,828 |
Indiana | 74 | 0 | 77 | 49 | 0 | 46 | 1,900 |
Iowa | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 |
Kansas | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
Kentucky | 11 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 52 |
Louisiana | 62 | 1 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 464 |
Maine | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
Maryland | 211 | 0 | 283 | 102 | 3 | 116 | 781 |
Massachusetts | 114 | 2 | 149 | 686 | 9 | 626 | 935 |
Michigan | 768 | 6 | 174 | 140 | 2 | 27 | 5,563 |
Minnesota | 52 | 3 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 50 | 946 |
Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
Missouri | 119 | 4 | 240 | 104 | 0 | 103 | 634 |
Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Nevada | 36 | 1 | 60 | 87 | 0 | 88 | 560 |
New Hampshire | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
New Jersey | 189 | 16 | 144 | 370 | 8 | 359 | 1,131 |
New Mexico | 24 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 42 |
New York | 895 | 33 | 1,297 | 5,341 | 4 | 3,957 | 6,134 |
North Carolina | 121 | 1 | 152 | 85 | 0 | 84 | 593 |
North Dakota | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
Ohio | 223 | 6 | 309 | 200 | 1 | 189 | 1,349 |
Oklahoma | 34 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 222 |
Oregon | 46 | 1 | 58 | 138 | 0 | 127 | 853 |
Pennsylvania | 3,999 | 1 | 682 | 2,546 | 8 | 1,531 | 2,425 |
Rhode Island | 6 | 0 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 41 | 45 |
South Carolina | 39 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 196 |
South Dakota | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
Tennessee | 66 | 2 | 119 | 36 | 0 | 38 | 901 |
Texas | 351 | 9 | 552 | 253 | 1 | 231 | 3,165 |
Utah | 26 | 1 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 463 |
Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 92 | 0 | 109 | 82 | 0 | 79 | 1,117 |
Washington | 133 | 3 | 154 | 213 | 1 | 195 | 2,098 |
West Virginia | 7 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 131 |
Wisconsin | 327 | 0 | 417 | 76 | 0 | 88 | 592 |
Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
United States, total | 11,237 | 217 | 9,378 | 14,989 | 69 | 12,086 | 47,546 |
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, 2006 National Transit Database; 2006 Federal Railroad Administration, Rail Accident/Incident Reporting System, personal communication, Dec. 7, 2007.