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National Transportation Statistics

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Waterborne Transportation Safety Data not Related to Vessel Casualties

KEY:  R = revised; U = data are not available.

aFatalities include people who were declared missing.

b Figures represent the number of Vessels involved in nonvessel casualties. These Vessels were not part of the accident, but the accident may have occurred on the Vessel (e.g., crewmembers swept overboard by a wave).

Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties

KEY: U = data are not available; R = revised.

aFatalities include the number of people who died or were declared missing subsequent to a marine accident.

bAccidents in this table include the number of "marine casualty cases" reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in accordance with 46 CFR Part 4.05-1.

c More than one Vessel may be involved in a marine Accident. Statistics from 1992 to 2011 include Vessels involved in pollution incidents, which the United States Coast Guard...

Rail Profile

KEY:  kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist.

a  Excluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.

b  Operating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.

c  Data for 2003 indicates operating revenues and expenses instead of total revenues and expenses, the data source has changed.

d  Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for...

Highway Profile

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a The Federal Highway Trust Fund was created with the enactment of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956. The total receipts shown for 1995 are overstated by approximately $1.59 billion due to a fiscal year (FY) 1994 error by the Treasury Department in reconciling estimated deposits to the actual tax revenue. The correction was made after the close of FY1994 and is shown in FY1995 receipts.

b Figures obtained by addition/subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.

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Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised.

a 1996 includes two fatalities that could not be assigned to a category below.

b Includes minicompact cars (wheelbase under 95 inches) and subcompact cars (wheelbase between 95 and 99 inches).

c Includes cars with a wheelbase of between 100 and 104 inches.

d Includes cars with a wheelbase of between 105 and 109 inches.

e Includes cars with a wheelbase of 110 inches or greater.

f Large trucks - trucks over...

Public Road and Street Mileage in the United States by Type of Surface

KEY:  N = data does not exist.

a 1960-95 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia; 1996-2008 data includes the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 2011-14 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Paved mileage includes the following categories: low type (an earth, gravel, or stone roadway that has a bituminous surface course less than 1" thick); intermediate type (a mixed bituminous or bituminous penetration roadway on a flexible base having a combined surface and base thickness of less than 7...

Number of Air Carriers, Railroads, Interstate Motor Carriers, Marine Vessel Operators, and Pipeline Operators

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available.

a Carrier groups are categorized based on their annual operating revenues as major, national, large regional, and medium regional. The thresholds were last adjusted July 1, 1999, and the threshold for Major air carriers is currently $1 billion. The Other air carrier category contains all national, large regional, and medium regional air carriers. Beginning in 2003, regional air carriers are not required to report financial data which may result in under reporting of Other carriers...