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1581

World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available; Z = no activity, or a value of zero, or value too small to report.

a Does not include minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles.

b Formerly Czechoslovakia and Ward's does not report a number for Slovakia before 2005.

cYugoslavia no longer exists and Ward's does not report numbers for countries that were previously a part of Yugoslavia.

d Includes all trucks and buses. Light trucks, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles, and...

Transit Profile

KEY:  ~ = included in heavy rail figure; + = included in motor bus figure; kWh = kilowatt hours; N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised; U = data are not available; Z = a value too small to report.

a After 2011, includes hybrid rail, light rail, and street car rail.

b Excludes international, rural, rural interstate, island and urban park ferries.

c Includes aerial tramway, automated guideway transit, cable car, inclined plane, monorail, publico, vanpool, jitney and Alaska railroad.

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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode

KEY:  N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised.

a 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.

b Includes occupants of other vehicle types, other nonmotorists, and unknown. For 1960-70, the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety...

U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Functions

a The market value of goods and services purchased by U.S. residents, regardless of where those goods and services were produced. It is gross domestic product (GDP) minus net exports of goods and services.

bExports minus Imports.

dFederal purchases and State and local purchases are the sum of consumption expenditures and gross investment.

eDefense-related purchases are the sum of transportation of material and travel.

Fatalities and Injuries of On-Duty Railroad Employees

KEY: R = revised.

a Excludes contractors.

bTrain-miles in this table differ from Train-miles in the vehicle-miles table in Chapter 1. Train-miles reported in Chapter 1 include only Class I rail (see glossary for definition), while this table includes Class I rail, Group II rail, and other rail. In 2005, Group II rail accounted for 78 million train-miles, and other rail for 29 million train-miles. Moreover, the vehicle-miles table in Chapter 1 includes only Train-miles between terminals and/or stations,...

Railroad System Safety and Property Damage Data

KEY:  R = revised.

a 1970 injuries are not comparable to later years due to a change in reporting system.

b Train accidents only; excludes highway-rail grade-crossing accidents.

c Train-miles in this table differ from Train-miles in the vehicle-miles table in Chapter 1. Train-miles reported in Chapter 1 include only Class I rail (see glossary for definition), while this table includes Class I rail, Group II rail, and other rail. In 2005, Group II rail accounted for 78 million Train-miles...