Table 1 - Transportation Fatalities: A Modal Picture-2000
Table 1 - Transportation Fatalities: A Modal Picture-2000
| Rank | Category | Fatalities | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger car occupants | 22,699 | 51.2 |
| 2 | Light-truck occupants | 11,526 | 26 |
| 3 | Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles | 4,763 | 10.7 |
| 4 | Motorcyclists | 2,897 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Large-truck occupants | 754 | 1.7 |
| 6 | Recreational boating | 701 | 1.6 |
| 7 | Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles | 693 | 1.6 |
| 8 | General aviation | 594 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Railroad trespassers (excluding grade crossings) | 463 | 1 |
| 10 | Motor vehicle occupants, not otherwise specified | 450 | 1 |
| 11 | Motor vehicle nonoccupants, not otherwise specified1 | 141 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Air carriers | 92 | 0.2 |
| 13 | Waterborne transportation (not vessel-related)2 | 87 | 0.2 |
| 14 | Heavy-rail transit (e.g., subway) | 80 | 0.2 |
| 15 | Air taxi | 71 | 0.2 |
| 16 | Rail grade crossings, not involving motor vehicles | 64 | 0.1 |
| 17 | Private road rail grade crossings, with motor vehicles | 55 | 0.1 |
| 18 | Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) | 32 | 0.07 |
| 19 | Light-rail transit | 30 | 0.07 |
| 20 | Railroad employees on duty and contractors | 25 | 0.06 |
| 21 | Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit) | 22 | 0.05 |
| 22 | Gas distribution pipelines | 22 | 0.05 |
| 23 | Rail-related, not otherwise specified | 20 | 0.05 |
| 24 | Gas transmission pipelines | 15 | 0.03 |
| 25 | Transit bus (not accident-related)3 | 8 | 0.02 |
| 26 | Commuter air | 5 | 0.01 |
| 27 | Passengers on railroad trains | 4 | 0.01 |
| 28 | Hazardous liquid pipelines | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 44,314 | ||
| Redundant with above | |||
| Large-truck occupants and nonoccupants | 5,282 | ||
| Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles | 306 | ||
| Commuter rail (included in railroad) | 87 | ||
| Transit buses (accident-related) | 82 | ||
| Air, ground fatalities (not on board) | 13 | ||
| Demand responsive transit (accident-related) | 8 |
1 Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.
2 Statistics reflect deaths and injuries to vessel personnel that are not related to vessel incidents or accidents. Statistics include missing personnel, but do not include deaths and injuries due to altercations, diving accidents, homicides, suicides, attempted suicides, or natural causes.
3 Includes homicides and suicides.
SOURCES:
Air-National Transportation Safety Board, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation,
as of Oct. 2, 2002.
Highway-U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available
at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/,
as of April 2002.
Railroad-U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration,
Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2000 (Washington, DC: July 2001),
tables 1-1, 1-2, and 1-4.
Transit-U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration,
Safety Management Information Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
Waterborne transportation-U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast
Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis, Compliance Analysis Division (G-MOA-2),
personal communication, Dec. 5, 2001.
Pipeline-U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at http://ops.dot.gov,
as of Nov. 14, 2001.
Recreational boating-U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard,
Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).