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July 05, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Public Transportation Safety and Security Statistics  

Fatalities by Mode

Fatalities by Mode

FISCAL YEAR

AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY

COMMUTER RAIL

PARATRANSIT (a)

HEAVY RAIL

LIGHT RAIL

BUS (a)

VANPOOL (a)

TOTAL

1993

0

98

2

83

15

83

0

281

1994

0

112

2

85

13

108

0

320

1995

0

92

6

79

15

82

0

274

1996

0

72

11

74

6

101

0

264

1997

0

79

7

77

3

109

0

275

1998

2

94

4

54

23

109

0

286

1999

0

95

1

84

17

102

0

299

2000

0

87

8

80

30

90

0

295

2001

0

87

5

59

21

95

0

267

2002

0

116

0

73

13

78

0

280

2003

0

77

4

49

17

87

0

234

2004 P

1

86

0

59

22

77

3

248

2004 % of Total

0.4%

34.7%

0.0%

23.8%

8.9%

31.0%

1.2%

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.

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