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

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

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

Since 1990, rail injuries have declined by 55 percent.

Injured Persons by Mode 1998 1999 Transit 55,990 55,...

TRANSIT FATALITIES

TRANSIT FATALITIES

Transit fatalities (monthly data)

(1999 data are preliminary)

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...

TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES

Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)

(1999 and 2000 data are preliminary, and do not include transit)

Fatalities represent the most severe safety consequence for the transportation system. According to...

RECREATIONAL BOATING FATALITIES

RECREATIONAL BOATING FATALITIES

Recreational Boating Fatalities (annual data)

(1999 data are preliminary)

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

MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES

MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED HIGHWAY FATALITIES

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

Highway crashes caused 94 percent of all transportation-related fatalities in 2000. They were the leading cause of death of people ages 5 through...

RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING FATALITIES

RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING FATALITIES

Railroad and Highway-Rail Crossing Fatalities (annual data, selected series)

Rail and Highway-Rail Fatalities (monthly data)

In most years, the overwhelming majority of people killed in train accidents are...

RAIL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

RAIL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

Rail Accidents and Incidents and Highway-Rail Incidents (monthly data)

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

HAZARDOUS LIQUID AND NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FATALITIES

HAZARDOUS LIQUID AND NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FATALITIES

Pipeline Fatalities (monthly data)

Note: Spike in graph represents leak and explosion of gas in a residential and shopping district in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11/21/96.

Pipeline failures are low-...

FATALITIES IN COMMERCIAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION

FATALITIES IN COMMERCIAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION

Commercial Maritime Fatalities (annual data)

Maritime worker fatalities include crewmembers in the maritime industry aboard U.S. vessels/platforms. The data do not include fatalities on recreational boats or foreign...

INJURED PERSONS IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES

INJURED PERSONS IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES

Injured Persons in Large Truck Crashes (annual data)

For 2000, preliminary estimates indicate that 79 percent of the total injuries involving large truck crashes were occupants of other vehicles or outside the large truck.

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