Figure 4-2 - School Transporation by Mode: 1995

KEY: NA = not ascertained; POV = privately owned vehicle.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey 1995, available at www-cta.ornl....

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

Figure 4-5 - Bicycle Fatalities by Age of Bicyclist: 1975-97

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.

Table 4-4 - Pedestrian Crash Types

Table 4-6 - International Terrorist Incidents and Casualties: 1993-98

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Table 4-2 - Detailed Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1997

Table 4-3 - Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category

Figure 4-6 - World Motor Vehicle Registration Trends: 1960-95

SOURCES: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, World Motor Vehicle Data (Washington, DC: 1994).

________. Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998).

Chapter Four - Transportation Safety

The highest priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is to "promote public health and safety by working toward the elimination of transportation-related deaths, injuries, and property damage" (USDOT NHTSA 1997). Although...

Summary Figure 1 - Major Societal Functins in Gross Domestic Product: 1997

SOURCE: See table 3-3 in chapter 3.