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TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)

Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)

Fatalities represent the most severe safety consequence for the transportation system. According to preliminary estimates, in 2000 there were 44,041 transportation-related fatalities, compared to 47,348 in 1990.

See U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999, pp. 273-280, for detailed discussion of modal fatality data.

Transportation Fatalities 1999 2000*
Total 43,866 44,041
Percent change from previous year  -0.02   0.40

* Preliminary estimate

SOURCES: Data compiled from various government agencies as cited in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Performance Report FY 2000and Performance Plan FY 2002, April 2001, available at: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/nts/nts.html.