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Figure 5-3 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985–2010
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NOTES: Not all graph scales are comparable. 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 Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...
Table 5-5 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2011
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Category Number of fatalities Percent of all transportation fatalities Total, all modesa 34,388 100.00 Passenger car occupants 11,981 34.84 Light-...Table 5-4 Injured Persons by Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, and 2005–2011
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Mode 1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total 3,269,465 3,217,117 2,716,556 2,593,866 2,510,...Table 5-3 Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1990, 2000, and 2005–2011
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1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total, all modes 47,379 44,376 45,645 45,018 43,...Figure 5-2 Peak Period Congestion on High-Volume Truck Portions of the National Highway System: 2007
PDF: Figure 5-2 Peak Period Congestion on High-Volume Truck Portions of the National Highway System: 2007NOTES: High-volume truck portions of the National Highway System carry more than 8,500 trucks per day, including freight-hauling long-distance trucks,...
Figure 5-1 Peak Period Congestion on the National Highway System: 2007
PDF: Figure 5-1 Peak Period Congestion on the National Highway System: 2007NOTES: Uncongested segments have volume/service flow ratios between 0 and 0.75. Congested segments have reduced traffic speeds with volume/flow ratios between 0.75 and 0.95. Highly...
Table 5-2 Percentage of Delayed Arriving Flights by Duration: 2005–2011
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Percentage of all delayed flights by length of time delayed Total number of arriving flights Percentage of arriving flights, delayed Average length of delay (minutes) 15-29...Table 5-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 1990, 2000, 2005–2010
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Total delay (billion hours) Delay per auto commuter (hours) Total fuel wasted (billion gallons) Total cost (2010 $ billion) 1990 2.4 28.5...