Figure 1 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Figure 1 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Notes: For air carriers, the data were smoothed, using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. For air carriers, fatalities resulting...

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Passenger train National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

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Acknowledgments

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Maria Cino Deputy Secretary

Ashok G. Kaveeshwar Administrator

Eric C. Peterson Deputy Administrator