Table 6-3 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000 and 2010–2015
| 2000 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | (P) 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| TOTAL fatalities | 44,276 | 100.0 | 35,036 | 100.0 | 34,570 | 100.0 | 35,696 | 100.0 | 34,685 | 100.0 | 34,641 | 100.0 | 36,982 | 100.0 |
| Passenger car occupants | 20,699 | 46.7 | 12,491 | 35.7 | 12,014 | 34.8 | 12,361 | 34.6 | 12,037 | 34.7 | 11,947 | 34.5 | 12,628 | 34.1 |
| Light-truck occupants | 11,526 | 26.0 | 9,782 | 27.9 | 9,302 | 26.9 | 9,418 | 26.4 | 9,187 | 26.5 | 9,103 | 26.3 | 9,813 | 26.5 |
| Pedestrians | 4,763 | 10.8 | 4,302 | 12.3 | 4,457 | 12.9 | 4,818 | 13.5 | 4,779 | 13.8 | 4,910 | 14.2 | 5,376 | 14.5 |
| Motorcyclists | 2,897 | 6.5 | 4,518 | 12.9 | 4,630 | 13.4 | 4,986 | 14.0 | 4,692 | 13.5 | 4,594 | 13.3 | 4,976 | 13.5 |
| Pedalcyclists | 693 | 1.6 | 623 | 1.8 | 682 | 2.0 | 734 | 2.1 | 749 | 2.2 | 729 | 2.1 | 818 | 2.2 |
| Highway, other incident | 591 | 1.3 | 709 | 2.0 | 699 | 2.0 | 729 | 2.0 | 701 | 2.0 | 761 | 2.2 | 765 | 2.1 |
| Heavy-truck occupants | 754 | 1.7 | 530 | 1.5 | 640 | 1.9 | 697 | 2.0 | 695 | 2.0 | 656 | 1.9 | 667 | 1.8 |
| Recreational boating | 701 | 1.6 | 672 | 1.9 | 758 | 2.2 | 651 | 1.8 | 560 | 1.6 | 610 | 1.8 | 626 | 1.7 |
| Railroad, trespassers | 463 | 1.0 | 441 | 1.3 | 400 | 1.2 | 410 | 1.1 | 425 | 1.2 | 470 | 1.4 | 459 | 1.2 |
| General aviation | 596 | 1.3 | 458 | 1.3 | 452 | 1.3 | 438 | 1.2 | 391 | 1.1 | 424 | 1.2 | 376 | 1.0 |
| Highway-rail grade crossing | 425 | 1.0 | 261 | 0.7 | 246 | 0.7 | 231 | 0.6 | 232 | 0.7 | 262 | 0.8 | 235 | 0.6 |
| Transit, other incident | N | NA | 166 | 0.5 | 189 | 0.5 | 192 | 0.5 | 196 | 0.6 | 174 | 0.5 | 220 | 0.6 |
| Rail, other incidents | 39 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 24 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 31 | 0.1 | 52 | 0.1 |
| Bus occupants | 22 | 0.0 | 44 | 0.1 | 55 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.1 | 54 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.1 | 49 | 0.1 |
| Water, freight | U | NA | 22 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.1 |
| Transit passenger/occupant1 | N | NA | 49 | 0.1 | 36 | 0.1 | 67 | 0.2 | 60 | 0.2 | 58 | 0.2 | 30 | 0.1 |
| On-demand air taxi | 71 | 0.2 | 17 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.1 |
| Water, passenger | 15 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.2 | 96 | 0.3 | 84 | 0.2 | 26 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Train accidents | 10 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Water, industrial/other | U | NA | 40 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 45 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Gas pipeline | 37 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Train employee/worker | N | NA | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Commuter carrier | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hazardous liquid pipeline | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| U.S. air carrier | 92 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other counts, redundant with above | ||||||||||||||
| Rail, freight operations | 717 | 1.6 | 520 | 1.5 | 493 | 1.4 | 476 | 1.3 | 505 | 1.5 | 553 | 1.6 | 503 | 1.4 |
| Rail, passenger operations | 220 | 0.5 | 215 | 0.6 | 189 | 0.5 | 199 | 0.6 | 195 | 0.6 | 216 | 0.6 | 250 | 0.7 |
| Transit, rail | 197 | 0.4 | 120 | 0.3 | 132 | 0.4 | 150 | 0.4 | 144 | 0.4 | 135 | 0.4 | 151 | 0.4 |
| Railroad, killed at public crossing with motor vehicle | 306 | 0.7 | 136 | 0.4 | 138 | 0.4 | 135 | 0.4 | 141 | 0.4 | 143 | 0.4 | 126 | 0.3 |
| Transit, non-rail | 98 | 0.2 | 100 | 0.3 | 96 | 0.3 | 114 | 0.3 | 122 | 0.4 | 101 | 0.3 | 103 | 0.3 |
| Water | 187 | 0.2 | 95 | 0.3 | 70 | 0.3 | 85 | 0.3 | 90 | 0.4 | 64 | 8.4 | 66 | 0.2 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; P = preliminary; R = revised; U= unavailable.
1Includes people struck while waiting for or leaving transit.
NOTES: Please see the National Transportation Statistics table 2-4 for complete source notes and an expanded time-series. To reduce double counting, the following adjustments are made to Total Fatalities: For Railroad, fatalities involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings are excluded because such fatalities are assumed to be included in Highway fatalities. For Transit, non-rail modes, including aerial tramway, motor bus, bus rapid transit, commuter bus, demand response, demand taxi, ferryboat, jitney, publico, trolleybus, and vanpool fatalities are excluded because they are counted as Water and Highway fatalities. Other counts, redundant with above help eliminate double counting in the Total Fatalities. Water fatality data for 2001 and before is not comparable with later year due to a change in the reporting system.
SOURCES: Various sources as cited U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-4. Available at www.bts.gov as of January 2017.