U.S. Transportation Fatalities by Mode
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation

(N = No Data)
| Mode | Category | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Air | U.S. air carrier | 499 | 261 | 146 | 124 | 1 | 526 | 39 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 239 | 168 | 380 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 92 | 531 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 22 |
| Commuter carrier | N | N | N | 28 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 77 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air taxi | N | N | N | 69 | 105 | 76 | 51 | 78 | 68 | 42 | 63 | 52 | 63 | 39 | 45 | 38 | 71 | 60 | 35 | 42 | 64 | 18 | |
| General aviation | 787 | 1,029 | 1,310 | 1,252 | 1,239 | 956 | 767 | 799 | 867 | 740 | 730 | 735 | 636 | 631 | 624 | 619 | 593 | 562 | 581 | 632 | 558 | 562 | |
| Highway | Car occupants | N | N | N | 25,929 | 27,449 | 23,212 | 24,092 | 22,385 | 21,387 | 21,566 | 21,997 | 22,423 | 22,525 | 22,199 | 21,194 | 20,862 | 20,699 | 20,320 | 20,569 | 19,725 | 19,091 | 18,440 |
| Motorcyclists | 790 | 1,650 | 2,280 | 3,189 | 5,144 | 4,564 | 3,244 | 2,806 | 2,395 | 2,449 | 2,320 | 2,227 | 2,161 | 2,116 | 2,294 | 2,483 | 2,897 | 3,197 | 3,270 | 3,714 | 4,008 | 4,553 | |
| Truck occupants | N | N | N | 5,817 | 8,748 | 7,666 | 9,306 | 9,052 | 8,683 | 9,116 | 9,574 | 10,216 | 10,553 | 10,972 | 11,447 | 12,024 | 12,280 | 12,431 | 12,963 | 13,272 | 13,363 | 13,778 | |
| Bus occupants | N | N | N | 53 | 46 | 57 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 38 | 59 | 22 | 34 | 45 | 41 | 41 | 68 | |
| Pedestrians | 7,210 | 7,990 | 8,950 | 7,516 | 8,070 | 6,808 | 6,482 | 5,801 | 5,549 | 5,649 | 5,489 | 5,584 | 5,449 | 5,321 | 5,228 | 4,939 | 4,763 | 4,901 | 4,851 | 4,774 | 4,641 | 4,881 | |
| Pedal cyclists | 490 | 690 | 760 | 1,003 | 965 | 890 | 859 | 843 | 723 | 816 | 802 | 833 | 765 | 814 | 760 | 754 | 693 | 732 | 665 | 629 | 725 | 784 | |
| Other | 27,909 | 36,759 | 40,637 | 1,018 | 669 | 628 | 584 | 590 | 485 | 536 | 516 | 501 | 609 | 573 | 540 | 596 | 591 | 581 | 642 | 729 | 767 | 949 | |
| Rail | Railroad crossings | 1,421 | 1,610 | 1,440 | 917 | 833 | 582 | 698 | 608 | 579 | 626 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 | 421 | 357 | 334 | 368 | 357 |
| Railroads | 924 | 923 | 785 | 575 | 584 | 454 | 599 | 586 | 591 | 653 | 611 | 567 | 551 | 602 | 577 | 530 | 512 | 550 | 594 | 533 | 530 | 531 | |
| Transit systems | N | N | N | N | N | N | 339 | 300 | 273 | 281 | 320 | 274 | 264 | 275 | 286 | 299 | 295 | 267 | 280 | 234 | 248 | na | |
| Water | Water tptn. | N | N | 178 | 243 | 206 | 131 | 85 | 30 | 97 | 105 | 77 | 53 | 55 | 48 | 69 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 62 | 53 | 36 | na |
| Unrelated | N | N | 420 | 330 | 281 | 130 | 101 | 56 | 119 | 121 | 131 | 134 | 142 | 120 | 149 | 136 | 134 | 94 | 74 | 74 | 57 | na | |
| Rec. boating | 739 | 1,360 | 1,418 | 1,466 | 1,360 | 1,116 | 865 | 924 | 816 | 800 | 784 | 829 | 709 | 821 | 815 | 734 | 701 | 681 | 750 | 703 | 676 | na | |
| Pipeline | Liquid | N | N | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Gas | N | N | 26 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 17 | |
| Total, All Modes | N | N | N | N | N | N | 47,347 | 44,320 | 42,032 | 42,810 | 43,558 | 44,527 | 44,798 | 44,444 | 43,910 | 44,037 | 44,333 | 44,933 | 45,750 | 45,525 | 45,210 | na | |