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2-4Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2006

2-4Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2006

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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) Fatalities VMT (millions...

2-4Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2006

2-4Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2006

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Key: R = revised.

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...

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6 - Environment

6 - Environment

While transportation enhances the quality of our lives, it also generates environmental impacts that can lead to human health problems and ecological damage. Overall, most transportation air emissions in the United States, such as particulates, have declined since 1980...

5 - Economy

5 - Economy

Transportation is a major sector of the U.S. economy. It moves people and goods, employs millions of workers, generates revenue, and consumes resources and services produced by other sectors of the economy. In 2007, transportation-related goods and services contributed $1.45...

4 - Mobility

4 - Mobility

The U.S. transportation network makes possible a high degree of personal mobility and freight activity. The data in this section show growth in travel and freight shipments over time. Factors influencing this growth include, among others: vehicle availability, travel costs,...

3 - Security

3 - Security

Ensuring security of all transportation systems and the people who use them is a national priority. While much of the initial national focus after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was on aircraft and airports, today attention is also directed at other modes,...