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Figure 1 - Total Fatalities by All Modes of transportation

Figure 1 - Total Fatalities by All Modes of transportation

Number of fatalities

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NOTE: For 1975, 1980, and 1985 some double counting may be included. The doubled counting affects about 1 percent of the data and should not impact the...

Figure 1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

Figure 1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Passenger car occupants Per 100 million vehicle-miles

Large truck occupants Per 100 million vehicle-miles

Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates)1 Per 100,000 aircraft departures

Light...

Figure 2 - Bicycle Fatalities by Age of Bicyclist: 1975-1999

Figure 2 - Bicycle Fatalities by Age of Bicyclist: 1975-1999

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

Table 1 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1999

Table 1 - Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1999

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Category Number Percent Passenger car occupants 20,818 47.5 Light-truck occupants 11,243 25.6 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,906 11.2 Motorcyclists 2,472 5.6 Large-truck occupants 758 1.7...

Table 1 - Fatalities by Transportation Mode

Table 1 - Fatalities by Transportation Mode

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Year Air carriers1 Commuter air1 On-demand air taxi2 General aviation2 Highway3 Rail4 Transit5 Waterborne6 Recreational boating Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline 1975 124 28 69 1,252 44,525 575 N 573 1,466...