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Appendix B: GlossaryDERAILMENT/LEFT ROADWAY (Transit): Anoncollision incident in which a transit vehicleleaves the rails or road on which it travels. Thisalso includes rollovers. Reports are made for alloccurrences.DESTINATION OF TRIP (American Travel Survey):The place the survey respondent names asthe destination <strong>of</strong> the trip. If more than one locationis visited on the same trip, the farthest pointfrom the origin is considered the destination.DIESEL FUEL: A complex mixture <strong>of</strong> hydrocarbonswith a boiling range between approximately350 and 650 °F. Diesel fuel is composed primarily<strong>of</strong> paraffins and naphthenic compounds thatauto-ignite from the heat <strong>of</strong> compression in a dieselengine. Diesel is used primarily by heavy-dutyroad vehicles, construction equipment, locomotives,and by marine and stationary engines.DISTILLATE FUEL OIL: A general classificationfor one <strong>of</strong> the petroleum fractions produced inconventional distillation operations. Included areNo. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 fuel oils and No. 1, No. 2,and No. 4 diesel fuels. Distillate fuel oil is usedprimarily for space heating, on- and <strong>of</strong>f-highwaydiesel engine fuel (including railroad engine fueland fuel for agricultural machinery), and electricpower generation.DISTRIBUTION MAINS (Gas): A network <strong>of</strong>pipelines, services, and equipment that carry orcontrol the supply <strong>of</strong> gas from the point <strong>of</strong> localsupply to, and including, the sales meters.DOMESTIC FREIGHT (Water): All waterbornecommercial movements between points in theUnited States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands,excluding traffic with the Panama Canal Zone.Cargo moved for the military in commercial vesselsis reported as ordinary commercial cargo;military cargo moved in military vessels isomitted.DOMESTIC OPERATIONS (Air Carrier): All aircarrier operations having destinations within the50 United States, the District <strong>of</strong> Columbia, theCommonwealth <strong>of</strong> Puerto Rico, and the U.S. VirginIslands.DOMESTIC PASSENGER (Water): Any persontraveling on a public conveyance by waterbetween points in the United States, Puerto Rico,and the Virgin Islands.DRY CARGO BARGES (Water): Large flat-bottomed,nonself-propelled vessels used to transportdry-bulk materials such as coal and ore.EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TR<strong>US</strong>TFUND: See Trust Funds.ENERGY EFFICIENCY: The ratio <strong>of</strong> energyinputs to the outputs from a process; for example,miles traveled per gallon <strong>of</strong> fuel (mpg).ENPLANED PASSENGERS (Air Carrier): SeeRevenue Passenger Enplanements.ETHANOL: A clear, colorless, flammable oxygenatedhydrocarbon with a boiling point <strong>of</strong>78.5 °C. in the anhydrous state. It is used in theUnited States as a gasoline octane enhancer andoxygenate (10-percent concentration). Ethanolcan be used in high concentrations in vehiclesoptimized for its use. Otherwise known as ethylalcohol, alcohol, or grain-spirit.FATAL CRASH (Highway): A police-reportedcrash involving a motor vehicle in transport on atrafficway in which at least one person dies within30 days <strong>of</strong> the crash as a result <strong>of</strong> that crash.FATAL INJURY (Air): Any injury that results indeath within thirty days <strong>of</strong> the accident.FATALITY: For purposes <strong>of</strong> statistical reportingon transportation safety, a fatality shall be considereda death due to injuries in a transportationcrash, accident, or incident that occurs within 30days <strong>of</strong> that occurrence.FATALITY (Rail): 1) Death <strong>of</strong> any person froman injury within 30 days <strong>of</strong> the accident/incident(may include nontrain accidents/incidents); or 2)Death <strong>of</strong> a railroad employee from an occupationalillness within 365 days after the occupationalillness was diagnosed by a physician.FATALITY (Recreational Boating): All deaths(other than deaths by natural causes) and missingpersons resulting from an occurrence that involvesa vessel or its equipment.FATALITY (Transit): A transit-caused death confirmedwithin 30 days <strong>of</strong> a transit incident. Incidentsinclude collisions, derailments, personalcasualties, and fires associated with transit agencyrevenue vehicles, transit facilities on transit property,service vehicles, maintenance areas, andrights <strong>of</strong> way.FATALITY (Water): All deaths and missing personsresulting from a vessel casualty.

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