Table 4-1 - Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents/Incidents by Transportation Mode

Monday, September 10, 2012

Year	Air carriers^a	Commuter air^a	On demand air-taxi^b	General aviation^d	Highway^c	Rail^d	Transit^e	Waterborne^f	Recreational boating	Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline
Fatalities: 1960-98
1960	499	N	N	N	36,399	924	N	N	819	N
1965	261	N	N	N	47,089	923	N	N	1,360	N
1970	146	N	N	1,310	52,627	785	N	178	1,418	30
1975	124	28	69	1,252	44,525	575	N	243	1,466	15
1980	1	37	105	1,239	51,091	584	N	206	1,360	19
1985	526	37	76	956	43,825	454	N	131	1,116	33
1990	39	7	50	765	44,599	599	339	85	865	9
1995	168	9	52	734	41,817	567	274	46	829	21
1996	380	14	63	632	^R42,065	551	264	50	709	^R53
1997	^R8	^R46	^R39	^R660	^R42,013	602	275	46	821	10
1998	^P1	^P0	^R45	^P621	^P41,171	577	U	^P31	813	18
Injuries: 1985-98
1985	30	16	43	^R483	N	31,617	N	172	2,757	126
1990	^R29	11	36	^R402	3,231,000	22,736	54,556	175	3,822	76
1995	25	25	14	395	3,465,000	12,546	57,196	145	4,141	64
1996	77	2	20	359	^R3,483,000	10,948	55,288	129	4,442	^R127
1997	39	1	23	365	^R3,348,000	10,227	56,132	109	4,555	77
1998	^P28	^P2	^P11	^P332	3,192,000	10,156	U	^P83	4,613	75
Accidents/Incidents: 1985-98
1985	21	^R18	^R157	2,739	N	3,275	N	3,439	6,237	517
1990	24	^R15	^R107	2,215	6,471,000	2,879	90,163	3,613	6,411	378
1995	36	^R12	75	^R2,053	6,699,000	2,459	62,471	4,196	8,019	349
1996	38	^R11	^R90	^R1,907	6,842,000	2,443	59,392	3,799	8,026	382
1997	49	17	82	1,858	6,764,000	2,397	61,561	3,704	8,047	350
1998	^P48	^P8	^P79	^P1,907	U	2,575	U	^P2,837	8,175	386

^a Large carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, all scheduled and nonscheduled service. Includes only injuries classified as serious.

^b All scheduled and nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 and all those operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135.

^c Includes occupants of passenger cars, light trucks, large trucks, buses, motorcycles, other or unknown vehicles, nonmotorists, pedestrians, and pedalcyclists. Motor vehicle fatalities at grade crossings are counted here. The U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration uses the term "crash" instead of accident in its highway safety data.

^d Includes fatalities and injuries resulting from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents, except at grade crossings. Injury figures also include occupational illness. Railroad accidents include train accidents only. Motor vehicle fatalities at grade crossings are counted in the motor vehicle column. Accidents and fatality figures include Amtrak.

^e Includes motor bus, commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, demand responsive, van pool, and automated guideway. Some transit fatalities are also counted in other modes. Reporting criteria and source of data changed between 1989 and 1990. Starting in 1990, fatality figures include those occurring throughout the transit station, including nonpatrons. Fatalities and injuries include those resulting from incidents of all types. Accidents/incidents include collisions, derailments/vehicles going off the road, fires, and personal casualties. Injuries and fatalities include those resulting from all reportable incidents, not just accidents.

^f Vessel casualties only.

KEY: N = data nonexistent; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

NOTE: Some fatalities in this table may be counted in more than one mode. Hence, the numbers in a row should not be totaled. Table 4-2 shows the total number of fatalities in 1997 without double counting.

SOURCES: Aviation(1997): National Transportation Safety Board, Press release 1998 SB-12, February 1998.Highway(1996 and 1997): U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1997: Overview, 1998, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.Rail(1997): U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railway Administration, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1997 (Washington, DC: September 1998).Transit(all years): U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) 1996 Annual Report (Washington, DC: May 1998).Pipeline(1997): U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, data available at www.ops.dot.gov/lq10_97.htm; www.ops.dot.gov/ng_97a.htm; www.ops.dot.gov/ng_97b.htm.All other data:U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1998, available at www.bts.gov, tables 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3.

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Table 4-1 - Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents/Incidents by Transportation Mode

Table 4-1 - Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents/Incidents by Transportation Mode