US Urban Transport Safety:
Fatality Rates from 1990

Chart Fatality Rates by Mode From 1990
Urban Transport Fatality Rates: Public Transport & Auto/Truck
Urban Transport Fatality Rate by Public Transport Mode
Urban Transport Fatalities by Public Transport Mode

URBAN TRANSPORT FATALITY RATES:
PUBLIC TRANSPORT & Truck
Fatalities per 100 Million Passenger Miles from 1990
Year
Public Transport
Urban
Auto &
Truck
Bus & Rail Urban
Rail		 Urban
Bus
1990 0.929 1.210 0.627 0.967
1991 0.836 1.157 0.504 0.790
1992 0.780 0.951 0.593 0.719
1993 0.787 1.062 0.500 0.715
1994 0.897 1.113 0.647 0.697
1995 0.763 0.979 0.508 0.716
1996 0.709 0.773 0.631 0.729
1997 0.800 0.913 0.665 0.686
1990-1997 0.813 1.017 0.584 0.745
Autos and Trucks excludes public transport motor bus and trolley bus.
Excludes San Diego Trolley in 1997 (did not report).



URBAN TRANSPORT FATALITY RATE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODE:
Fatalities per 100 Million Passenger Miles from 1990
Year Commuter Rail Metro Light Rail Motor Bus Trolley Bus
1990 1.529 1.020 1.228 0.633 0.000
1991 1.344 0.982 1.967 0.509 0.000
1992 1.078 0.848 1.286 0.600 0.000
1993 1.347 0.811 2.131 0.505 0.000
1994 1.520 0.797 1.564 0.648 0.535
1995 1.214 0.748 1.746 0.501 1.070
1996 1.002 0.642 0.628 0.626 1.086
1997 1.457 0.639 0.345 0.666 0.529
1990-1997 1.310 0.808 1.317 0.586 0.401
URBAN TRANSPORT FATALITIES FROM 1990
Year
Public Transport
Auto & Truck
Commuter Rail Metro Light Rail Motor Bus Trolley Bus Total
1990 104 117 7 110 0 338 18,640
1991 93 103 13 88 0 297 16,961
1992 74 91 9 99 0 273 16,387
1993 86 83 15 83 0 267 16,832
1994 112 85 13 105 1 316 16,877
1995 92 79 15 80 2 268 17,729
1996 72 74 6 99 2 253 17,742
1997 102 77 3 110 1 293 17,078
Total 735 709 81 774 6 2,305 138,814


NOTES
Compiled from United States Department of Transportation data.

Urban Auto and Truck passenger miles estimated using
ratio of urban vehicle miles to total vehicle miles

Occupant and non-occupant fatalities


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