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Number of incidents
Year RTotal 1997 252 1998 210 1999 309 2000 471 2001 370 2002 383 2003 452 2004 330 2005 266 2006 241...Excel | CSV | Table Version
Notes: Incidents include attempts and threatening actions. 2006 data are revised.
Source: International Maritime Organization, Reports on Acts of...
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Year Passenger car occupants Light-truck occupants Large-truck occupants Motorcycle riders General aviation Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates) RFatalities RVMT (millions)...Excel | CSV | Table Version
Notes: Air carrier data were smoothed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. Air carrier fatalities resulting from the...
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Traffic L. Henk
Truck BTS Staff
Cargo ship BTS Staff
Airplane Daniel Duchon
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Highway BTS Staff
Train tracks BTS Staff
Pipeline Kevin Abbott
Taxis BTS Staff
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