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Highway and Road

Legacy ID
1516

Transportation Fatalities by Mode

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

a All services operating under 14 CFR 121 (Scheduled air carriers).  Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 include aircraft with 10 or more seats that formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135 with more recent data.  In 2001, other than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded. U.S. air carrier figure does not...

Highway Profile

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

a The Federal Highway Trust Fund was created with the enactment of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956. The total receipts shown for 1995 are overstated by approximately $1.59 billion due to a fiscal year (FY) 1994 error by the Treasury Department in reconciling estimated deposits to the actual tax revenue. The correction was made after the close of FY1994 and is shown in FY1995 receipts.

b Figures obtained by addition/subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.

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Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities

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

a 1996 includes two fatalities that could not be assigned to a category below.

b Includes minicompact cars (wheelbase under 95 inches) and subcompact cars (wheelbase between 95 and 99 inches).

c Includes cars with a wheelbase of between 100 and 104 inches.

d Includes cars with a wheelbase of between 105 and 109 inches.

e Includes cars with a wheelbase of 110 inches or greater.

f Large trucks - trucks over...

Public Road and Street Mileage in the United States by Type of Surface

KEY:  N = data does not exist.

a 1960-95 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia; 1996-2008 data includes the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 2011-14 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Paved mileage includes the following categories: low type (an earth, gravel, or stone roadway that has a bituminous surface course less than 1" thick); intermediate type (a mixed bituminous or bituminous penetration roadway on a flexible base having a combined surface and base thickness of less than 7...

Number of Air Carriers, Railroads, Interstate Motor Carriers, Marine Vessel Operators, and Pipeline Operators

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

a Carrier groups are categorized based on their annual operating revenues as major, national, large regional, and medium regional. The thresholds were last adjusted July 1, 1999, and the threshold for Major air carriers is currently $1 billion. The Other air carrier category contains all national, large regional, and medium regional air carriers. Beginning in 2003, regional air carriers are not required to report financial data which may result in under reporting of Other carriers...