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KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.
a Injuries classified as serious. See definitions of injuries in the glossary.
b All scheduled and nonscheduled service operating under 14 CFR 121. Since Mar. Mar..
fLarge. Train and commuter rail occupant and nonoccupant injuries, excluding public highway-rail grade crossing fatalities involving motor vehicles.
i Injuries occurring at highway-rail crossings resulting from freight and passenger rail operations including commuter rail. Highway-rail grade crossing injuries, except train occupants, are also counted under highway. Injuries involved with motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings are excluded.
j All reportable injuries (excluding attempted suicides) for heavy rail, light rail, and automated guideway.
k Includes heavy rail, light rail, and automated guideway. Transit injuries include those resulting from all reportable incidents, not just from accidents (Directly Operated (DO) modes only from CY2002-07). The drop in the number of injuries in 2002 is due largely to a change in definitions by the Federal Transit Administration. Only injuries requiring immediate medical treatment away from the scene now qualify as reportable. Previously, any injury was reportable. Injuries occurring at highway-rail crossings resulting from operations of public transit rail modes, excluding commuter rail. Data for injuries at light rail crossings are: 1995 (179); 1996 (171); 1997 (92); 1998 (42); 1999 (148); 2000 (111); 2001 (54); 2002 (76); 2003 (56); 2004 (62); 2005 (138); 2006 (44); 2007 (139); 2008 (155); 2009 (229); 2010 (295); 2011 (269), and 2012 (251). Since 2008, the data has included both directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT) modes.
l Transit total subtract highway-rail grade crossing.
m Vessel-related injuries include those involving damage to vessels, such as collisions or groundings. Injuries not related to vessel casualties include those from falls overboard or from accidents involving onboard equipment..
NOTES
To reduce double counting, the following adjustments are made: For Railroad, injuries involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings are excluded because such injuries are assumed to be included in Highway injuries. Railroad includes only injuries involving motor vehicles at private highway-rail grade crossings and those not involving motor vehicles. For Transit, commuter rail, demand response, motorbus, and vanpool injuries are excluded because they are counted as Railroad or Highway injuries. zero.
SOURCES
Air:
1970-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-2012: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 9, 2009, Sep. 29, 2011, Jan. 23, 2013, and Aug. 2013.-12: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2, as of June 2014.
Rail:
Highway-rail grade crossings:
1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1975-2012: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 5.11, Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables, available at as of September 2013.
Railroad:
1960-70: National Safety Council, Accident Facts, 1974 (Washington, DC: 1974).
1975-2012: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, tables 1.12, 2.07, and 5.14, Ten Year Accident/Incident Overview by Railroad, available at as of June 2014.
Transit:
Transit Total:
1990-2011: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, Transit Safety and Security Statistics, available at as of September 2013.
Highway-rail grade crossings:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Office of Program Management, personal communications, Apr. 7, 2010 and Jan. 22, 2013.
Water:
Vessel- and nonvessel-related:
1970-91: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis, Compliance Analysis Division, (G-MOA-2), personal communication, Apr. 13, 1999.
1992-2008: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, Apr. 7, 2010.
2009-12: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, Nov. 4, 2011, Nov. 20, 2012, Nov, 12, 2013.
Recreational boating:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), available at available at as of June 2014.
Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline:
1970-2012: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Accident and Incident Summary Statistics by Year, available at as of June 2014.