U.S. Transportation Fatalities by Mode

Most recent update: August 22, 2010.

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 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 2006 2007 2008
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 50 1 3
Commuter carrier N N N 28 37 37 7 77 21 24 25 9 14 46 0 12 5 13 0 2 0 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 16 43 66
General aviation 787 1,029 1,310 1,252 1,239 956 767 799 867 740 730 735 636 631 624 619 593 562 581 632 558 563 705 496 495
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 19,192 18,512 17,925 16,614 14,587
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 4,028 4,576 4,837 5,174 5,290
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 13,440 13,841 13,566 13,263 11,441
Bus occupants N N N 53 46 57 32 31 28 18 18 33 21 18 38 59 22 34 45 41 42 58 27 36 67
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 4,675 4,892 4,795 4,699 4,378
Pedal cyclists 490 690 760 1,003 965 890 859 843 723 816 802 833 765 814 760 754 693 732 665 629 727 786 772 701 716
Other 27,909 36,759 40,637 1,018 669 628 584 590 485 536 516 501 609 573 540 596 591 581 642 729 732 845 786 772 782
Rail Railroad crossings 1,421 1,610 1,440 917 833 582 698 608 579 626 615 579 488 461 431 402 425 421 357 334 371 359 359 335 285
Railroads 924 923 785 575 584 454 599 586 591 653 611 567 551 602 577 530 512 550 594 531 520 525 534 510 513
Transit systems N N N N N N 339 300 273 281 320 274 264 275  286 299  295 267 280 234 248 236 227 288 N
Water Water tptn. N N 178 243 206 131 85 30 97 105 77 53 55 48 69 58 53 53 59 69 86 78 73 67 51
Unrelated N N 420 330 281 130 101 56 119 121 131 134 142 120 149 136 134 94 54 61 60 60 56 69 67
Rec. boating 739 1,360 1,418 1,466 1,360 1,116 865 924 816 800 784 829 709 821 815 734 701 681 750 703 676 697 710 685 709
Pipeline Liquid N N 4 7 4 5 3 0 5 0 1 3 5 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 4 2
Gas N N 26 8 15 28 6 14 10 17 21 18 48 10 18 21 37 7 10 12 18 11 21 11 6
Total, All Modes N N N N N N 47,350 44,321 42,068 42,827 43,587 44,568 44,848 44,474 43,910 44,086 44,384 44,941 45,276 45,134 45,052 45,637 45,034 43,309 N