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TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

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Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)

Fatalities represent the most severe safety consequence for the transportation system. The overall number of transportation fatalities grew from 1992 to 1996, then...

TRANSIT FATALITIES

TRANSIT FATALITIES

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Transit fatalities (annual data)

Transit includes transit bus, light and heavy transit rail, commuter rail, paratransit, and other transit categories. Transit fatalities are transit-caused deaths confirmed within 30 days of a transit...

RECREATIONAL BOATING FATALITIES

RECREATIONAL BOATING FATALITIES

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Recreational Boating Fatalities (annual data)

Most fatalities, injuries, and accidents in water transportation involve recreational boating. Most recreational boating is discretionary, and the purpose of trips generally is...

RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING FATALITIES

RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING FATALITIES

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Rail and Highway-Rail Fatalities (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

In most years, the overwhelming majority of people killed in train accidents are outside the train. Many are occupants of highway vehicles...

RAIL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

RAIL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

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Rail Accidents and Incidents and Highway-Rail Incidents (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Rail accidents and incidents include any collision between railroad on-track equipment and other vehicles or pedestrians at grade...

MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES

MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES

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Fatalities of Highway Vehicle Occupants, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists (annual data)

Highway crashes caused 94 percent of all transportation-related fatalities in 2001, and were the leading cause of death of people...

MODAL BREAKDOWN OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS

MODAL BREAKDOWN OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS

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Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

All 2002 data are preliminary

Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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INJURED PERSONS: TRANSIT, RAIL, GRADE CROSSINGS, AND BOATING

INJURED PERSONS: TRANSIT, RAIL, GRADE CROSSINGS, AND BOATING

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Injured Persons: Transit, Rail, Grade Crossings, and Boating (annual data, selected series)

Since 1990, rail injuries have declined by 54 percent.

Injured Persons by Mode 1999 2000...

INJURED PERSONS IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES

INJURED PERSONS IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES

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Injured Persons in Large-Truck Crashes (annual data)

For 2001, the data indicate that 76 percent of the total injuries involving large-truck crashes were occupants of other vehicles or outside the large truck.

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INJURED MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS

INJURED MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS

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Injured Motor Vehicle Occupants, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists (annual data)

The vast majority of transportation injuries involve motor vehicles.

Injured Persons by Mode 2000 2001 Highway...