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TABLE 7-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1990, 2000, and 2005-2012

Thursday, April 9, 2015

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  1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
TOTAL fatalities 47,379 44,376 45,645 45,018 43,314 39,478 35,900 34,924 34,399 U
Air, total 866 764 603 774 540 567 548 476 489 447
U.S. air carriera 39 92 22 50 1 3 52 2 0 0
Commuter carrierb 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
On-demand air taxic 51 71 18 16 43 69 17 17 41 15
General aviationd 770 596 563 706 496 495 479 457 448 432
Highway, total 44,599 41,945 43,510 42,708 41,259 37,423 33,883 32,999 32,479 33,561
Passenger car occupants 24,092 20,699 18,512 17,925 16,614 14,646 13,135 12,491 12,014 12,271
Motorcyclists 3,244 2,897 4,576 4,837 5,174 5,312 4,469 4,518 4,630 4,957
Truck occupantse, light 8,601 11,526 13,037 12,761 12,458 10,816 10,312 9,782 9,302 9,396
Truck occupantse, large 705 754 804 805 805 682 499 530 640 697
Bus occupants 32 22 58 27 36 67 26 44 55 39
Pedestrians 6,482 4,763 4,892 4,795 4,699 4,414 4,109 4,302 4,457 4,743
Pedalcyclists 859 693 786 772 701 718 628 623 682 726
Otherf 584 591 845 786 772 768 705 709 699 732
Railroad, totalg 729 631 626 636 624 605 534 598 552 557
Trespassers 543 463 458 511 470 457 416 439 406 425
Highway-rail grade crossingh 130 119 101 102 112 91 87 125 111 98
Employees, Contractors, and Passengers 56 49 67 23 42 57 31 34 35 34
Transit, totali 125 110 57 40 65 48 83 64 49 U
Highway-rail grade crossingj N 20 23 21 27 10 15 9 7 U
Transitk N 90 34 19 38 38 68 55 42 U
Waterborne, totall 1,051 888 835 839 811 827 839 765 816 714
Vessel-relatedl 85 53 78 73 67 51 50 41 31 33
Not related to vessel casualtiesm 101 134 60 56 59 67 53 52 27 30
Recreational boatingn 865 701 697 710 685 709 736 672 758 651
Pipeline, total 9 38 14 21 15 8 13 22 14 12
Hazardous liquid pipeline 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 1 1 3
Gas pipeline 6 37 12 21 11 6 9 21 13 9

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are unavailable.

a Carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, all scheduled and nonscheduled service.

b All scheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (Commuter air carriers).

c Nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 135 (On-demand air taxis).

d All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135. 2006 includes the 154 persons killed aboard a foreign registered aircraft operated by Gol Airlines in a collision with another aircraft over Brazil.

e Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles. Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors.

f Includes occupants of other vehicle types, other nonmotorists, and unknown.

g Includes Amtrak. Fatalities include those resulting from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents. Train and commuter rail occupant and nonoccupant fatalities, excluding public highway-rail grade crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles.

h Fatalities involving motor vehicles at private highway-rail grade crossings and fatalities not involving motor vehicles at all highway-rail grade crossings resulting from freight and passenger rail operations including commuter rail. Highway-rail grade crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings are counted under Highway.

i All reportable fatalities (excluding suicides) for heavy rail, light rail, and automated guideway.

j Includes heavy rail, light rail, and automated guideway. Data for fatalities at light rail grade crossings are: 2000 (12); 2005 (8); 2006 (7); 2007 (5); 2008 (10); 2009 (15); 2010 (9), and 2011(7). Since 2008, the data has included both directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT) modes.

k Transit total subtract highway-rail grade crossing.

l Vessel-related casualties include those involving damage to vessels such as collisions or groundings. Fatalities not related to vessel casualties include deaths from falling overboard or from accidents involving onboard equipment.

m Between 1998 and 2001, data come from combining entries in the Marine Safety Management Information System with entries in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System.

n Data are based on information provided by the States, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. Territories to the Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) system.

SOURCES: Air—National Transportation Safety Board. Highway—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Railroad—Federal Railroad Administration. Transit—Federal Transit Administration and personal communication. Waterborne—U.S. Coast Guard. Recreational boating—U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety. Pipeline—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-1, available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of October 2014.