U.S. Air Carrier Safety Data

KEY:  N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, scheduled and nonscheduled service. Includes all scheduled and nonscheduled service accidents involving all-cargo carriers and commercial operators of large aircraft when those accidents occurred during 14 CFR 121 operations. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135...

Reporting Thresholds for Property Damage by U.S. Department of Transportation Modal Administrations

Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalities

^a Based on the 1992 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.

^b Numbers may not add to totals because transportation categories may include subcategories not shown separately.

^c Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment moving in the same or opposite directions, such as in an intersection; between moving and standing vehicles/mobile equipment at the side of a roadway; or a vehicle striking a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions, e.g., jack-knifed or overturned vehicle/...

U.S. Vehicle-Kilometers

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a All operations other than those operating under 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135. Data for 1996 are estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are not comparable to earlier years. Mileage in source is multiplied by 1.151 to convert to nautical-miles for 1985-1997.

b 1960-2006 data are for Passenger Cars and Other 2-axle, 4-tire vehicles, respectively. Data for 1960-2006 are not comparable to data for 2007-15. 

c U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),...

Hazardous Materials Fatalities, Injuries, Accidents, and Property Damage Data

KEY: R = revised. 

^a The 1996 spike in Air Fatalities was due to the ignition of an undeclared cache of chemical oxygen generators in a flight over Florida that killed 110 people, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Biennial Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation, 1996-1997. 

^bWater category includes only nonbulk marine. Bulk marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.

^cOther category includes freight...

Major U.S. Air Carrier Delays, Cancellations, and Diversions

KEY: R = revised.

Freight Activity in the United States: 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017

KEY: R = revised; S = data are not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons; U = data are not available.

^a Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both. 

^b 1993 and 1997 data exclude most shipments of crude oil. 2002 and 2007 data exclude shipments of crude petroleum.

^c Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.

^d Percent change has been revised in...

U.S. Airline Passengers by Carrier Type: 2003–2015

U.S. Air Transportation System: 2000, 2010, 2013–2015(a)

1st-Quarter 2017 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare decreased to $352 in the first quarter of 2017, down 5.0 percent from $370 in the first quarter of 2016, adjusted for inflation but up 1.5 percent from $347 in the fourth quarter of 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.