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July 04, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Public Transportation Safety and Security Statistics  

Collisions by Mode

Collisions by Mode (b) (c)

FISCAL YEAR

AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY

COMMUTER RAIL

PARATRANSIT (a)

HEAVY RAIL

LIGHT RAIL

BUS (a)

VANPOOL (a)

TOTAL

1993

1

166

513

630

419

28,491

118

30,338

1994

1

201

644

718

473

27,625

36

29,698

1995

1

171

640

600

290

23,733

54

25,489

1996

1

151

768

328

323

23,305

77

24,953

1997

3

157

878

309

352

22,919

159

24,777

1998

3

153

656

273

297

22,220

179

23,781

1999

0

170

854

358

276

21,370

130

23,158

2000

1

208

994

336

333

22,069

157

24,098

2001

0

185

969

304

301

21,769

207

23,735

2002

0

46

280

150

527

12,767

33

13,803

2003

0

45

262

132

521

6,677

8

7,645

2004 P

0

50

214

150

459

6,802

28

7,703

2004 % of Total

0.0%

0.6%

2.8%

1.9%

6.0%

88.3%

0.4%

100.0%

Source: Federal Transit Administration, Safety and Security Statistics. Data reported include about 560 of the largest transit agencies.
(a) Data may significantly understate total since data for urbanized areas under 200,000 population not reported by the FTA comprises a significant portion of these modes.
(b) Includes collisions with vehicles, objects and people
(c) Prior to 2002, incidents included property damage in excess of $1,000 to transit property only. In 2002, this threshold changed to $7,500 and included all property damage.

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