Preface

Congress requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to transmit an annual report on transportation statistics to the President and Congress. Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1999 is the sixth such report prepared in response to this congressional mandate, laid out in 49 U....

Box 4-1 - Occupant Protection

Many fatalities and injuries in motor vehicle crashes could be avoided if more passengers used their safety belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that safety belts saved 10,750 lives in 1997. If all occupants of passenger...

Figure 4-1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

NOTE: For numbers of fatalities, see table 4-1. For Part 121 air carriers, a 5-year moving average was used to track fatality rates, because of the year-to-year fluctuation in fatalities. The departure data and hence the...

Table 4-7 - Motor Vehicle Fatalities in Selected Countries: 1980 and 1996

(Thousands)

Figure 4-3 - Fatal Crashes and Occupant Fatalitites Among School-Age Children by Vehicle Type: 1997

NOTE: Data are for children aged 5-19 for crashes occurring September-June between the hours of 6:00-9:00 a.m. and 2:00-5:00 p.m. Totals do not include fatal crashes occurring in...

Figure 4-4 - Relative Change in Motorist, Bicyclist, and Pedestrian Fatalities: 1975-97

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1997: Overview, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.

Table 4-5 - Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crash Types

Figure 4-2 - School Transporation by Mode: 1995

KEY: NA = not ascertained; POV = privately owned vehicle.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey 1995, available at www-cta.ornl....

Table 4-1 - Fatalities, Injuries, and Accidents/Incidents by Transportation Mode

Figure 4-5 - Bicycle Fatalities by Age of Bicyclist: 1975-97

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.