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Table 2-4: Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode1999 2000 2001200220032004200520062007 (R) 20082009Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentTOTAL of all modes a 44,086 100.00 44,384 100.00 44,941 100.00 (R) 45,276 100.00 45,134 100.00 45,052 100.00 (R) 45,666 100.00 (R) 45,040 100.00 (R) 43,330 100.00 39,514 100.00 (P) 35,929 100.00Passenger car occupants 20,862 47.32 20,699 46.64 20,320 45.21 20,569 45.43 19,725 43.70 19,192 42.60 18,512 40.54 17,925 39.80 16,614 (R) 38.34 14,646 37.07 13,095 36.45Light-truck occupants 11,265 25.55 11,526 25.97 11,723 26.09 12,274 27.11 12,546 27.80 12,674 28.13 13,037 28.55 12,761 28.33 12,458 28.75 10,816 27.37 10,287 28.63Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,939 11.20 4,763 10.73 4,901 10.91 4,851 10.71 4,774 10.58 4,675 10.38 4,892 10.71 4,795 10.65 4,699 10.84 4,414 11.17 4,092 11.39Motorcyclists 2,483 5.63 2,897 6.53 3,197 7.11 3,270 7.22 3,714 8.23 4,028 8.94 4,576 10.02 4,837 10.74 5,174 11.94 5,312 13.44 4,462 12.42Large-truck occupants 759 1.72 754 1.70 708 1.58 689 1.52 726 1.61 766 1.70 804 1.76 805 1.79 805 1.86 682 1.73 503 1.40Pedalcyclists struck by motor vehicles 754 1.71 693 1.56 732 1.63 665 1.47 629 1.39 727 1.61 786 1.72 772 1.71 701 1.62 718 1.82 630 1.75Recreational boating 734 1.66 701 1.58 681 1.52 750 1.66 703 1.56 676 1.50 697 1.53 710 1.58 685 1.58 709 1.79 736 2.05Other and unknown motor vehicle occupants 447 1.01 450 1.01 458 1.02 528 1.17 589 1.31 602 1.34 659 1.44 601 1.33 614 1.42 580 1.47 563 1.57General aviation 621 1.41 596 1.34 562 1.25 581 1.28 633 1.40 559 1.24 563 1.23 (R) 706 1.57 496 1.14 494 1.25 (P) 474 1.32Railroad trespassers b (excluding grade crossings) 479 1.09 463 1.04 511 1.14 540 1.19 498 1.10 472 1.05 458 1.00 511 1.13 470 1.08 457 1.16 (P) 428 1.19Other nonoccupants struck by motor vehicles c 149 0.34 141 0.32 123 0.27 114 0.25 140 0.31 130 0.29 186 0.41 185 0.41 158 0.36 188 0.48 150 0.42Grade crossings, not involving motor vehicles d 57 0.13 64 0.14 76 0.17 47 0.10 62 0.14 85 0.19 76 0.17 65 0.14 73 0.17 69 0.17 (P) 66 0.18Air taxi 38 0.09 71 0.16 60 0.13 35 0.08 42 0.09 64 0.14 18 0.04 16 0.04 43 0.10 69 0.17 (P) 17 0.05Heavy rail transit (subway) 84 0.19 80 0.18 59 0.13 73 0.16 49 0.11 59 0.13 35 0.08 23 0.05 32 0.07 61 0.15 96 0.27Waterborne transportation (nonvessel-related) 136 0.31 134 0.30 94 0.21 54 0.12 61 0.14 60 0.13 60 0.13 56 0.12 59 0.14 67 0.17 93 0.26Bus occupants (school, intercity, and transit) 59 0.13 22 0.05 34 0.08 45 0.10 41 0.09 42 0.09 58 0.13 27 0.06 36 0.08 67 0.17 (P) 26 0.07Waterborne transportation (vessel-related) 58 0.13 53 0.12 53 0.12 59 0.13 69 0.15 86 0.19 78 0.17 73 0.16 67 0.15 51 0.13 57 0.16Private grade crossings, with motor vehicles 36 0.08 55 0.12 30 0.07 39 0.09 30 0.07 30 0.07 26 0.06 38 0.08 37 0.09 22 0.06 (P) 19 0.05Railroad employees, contractors, and volunteers on duty (excluding grade crossings) 31 0.07 22 0.05 23 0.05 22 0.05 20 0.04 27 0.06 28 0.06 19 0.04 21 0.05 28 0.07 (P) 18 0.05Light rail transit 17 0.04 30 0.07 21 0.05 13 0.03 17 0.04 22 0.05 19 0.04 17 0.04 32 0.07 15 0.04 33 0.09Railroad-related, not otherwise specified (excluding grade crossings) 17 0.04 23 0.05 13 0.03 25 0.06 11 0.02 20 0.04 26 0.06 5 0.01 21 0.05 7 0.02 10 0.03Gas distribution pipelines 16 0.04 22 0.05 5 0.01 (R) 10 0.02 11 0.02 18 0.04 (R) 12 0.03 18 0.04 9 0.02 6 0.02 9 0.03Transit buses, fatalities not related to accidents e 12 0.03 8 0.02 6 0.01 14 0.03 14 0.03 16 0.04 17 0.04 18 0.04 14 0.03 5 0.01 4 0.01Air carriers f 12 0.03 92 0.21 531 1.18 0 0.00 22 0.05 14 0.03 22 0.05 50 0.11 1 0.00 3 0.01 (P) 52 0.14Hazardous liquid pipelines 4 0.01 1 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 5 0.01 2 0.00 0 0.00 4 0.01 2 0.01 4 0.01Passengers on railroad trains (excluding grade crossings) 3 0.01 4 0.01 3 0.01 7 0.02 2 0.00 3 0.01 16 0.04 2 0.00 5 0.01 24 0.06 (P) 3 0.01Demand response transit, fatalities not related to accidents e 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00 3 0.01 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.01 2 0.01Commuter air 12 0.03 5 0.01 13 0.03 0 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 (P) 0 0.00Gas transmission pipelines 2 0.00 15 0.03 2 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0.01 2 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Other counts, redundant with above gLarge-truck occupants and nonoccupants 5,380 12.20 5,282 11.90 5,111 11.37 4,939 10.91 5,036 11.16 5,235 11.62 5,240 11.47 5,027 11.16 4,822 11.13 4,245 10.74 3,380 9.41Public grade crossings, with motor vehicles 309 0.70 306 0.69 315 0.70 271 0.60 241 0.53 249 0.55 255 0.56 266 0.59 225 0.52 198 0.50 (P) 161 0.45Commuter rail 95 0.22 87 0.20 87 0.19 116 0.26 77 0.17 86 0.19 105 0.23 85 0.19 124 0.29 93 0.24 67 0.19Transit buses, accident-related fatalities 90 0.20 82 0.18 89 0.20 64 0.14 73 0.16 61 0.14 49 0.11 76 0.17 76 0.18 72 0.18 63 0.18Outside planes in crashes h 5 0.01 14 0.03 11 0.02 6 0.01 6 0.01 1 0.00 U U U U U U U U U UDemand response transit, accident-related fatalities 1 0.00 8 0.02 3 0.01 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 7 0.02 7 0.02 8 0.02 5 0.01 5 0.01KEY: NA = not applicable; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.a Includes fatalities outside the vehicle, unless otherwise specified.bIncludes fatalities outside trains, except at grade crossings.c Includes all nonoccupant fatalities, except pedalcyclists and pedestrians.d Public grade-crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles are included in counts for motor vehicles.eFatalities not related to Transit bus and Demand responsive transit accidents are not included under highway submodes.f In 2001, other than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded.gFatalities at grade crossings with motor vehicles are included under relevant motor vehicle modes. Commuter rail fatalities are counted under railroad. For Transit bus and Demand responsivetransit accidents, occupant fatalities are counted under "bus" and nonoccupant fatalities are counted under "Pedestrians ," "Pedalcyclists," or other motor vehicle categories.hIncludes nonoccupant fatalities resulting from aviation accidents.SOURCESAir:National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, available at www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Nov. 2, 2010.Highway:U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), General Trends , available at http://wwwfars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/reportslinks.aspxas of Nov. 2, 2010.Railroad:1999-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (Annual Issues), available athttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Oct. 28, 2009.2006-09: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety and Analysis, Railroad Safety Statistics Preliminary Annual Report, tables 1-3 and 7-4, available athttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ as of Nov. 3, 2010.Transit:U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis (Washington, DC: Annual Issues) and personal communication, Nov. 12, 2010.Waterborne transportation:U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communications, Oct. 27, 2009 and Sept. 30, 2010.Recreational boating:U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics, table 30, available at http://www.uscgboating.org as of Nov. 2, 2010.Pipeline:U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Incidents and Mileage Reports, available athttp://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of Nov. 3, 2010.