| Mode | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
Air |
477 |
452 |
349 |
U.S. air carrier |
2 |
4 |
0 |
Commuter carrier |
0 |
2 |
5 |
On-demand air taxi |
17 |
32 |
21 |
General aviation |
458 |
414 |
332 |
Highway |
32,999 |
36,096 |
38,680 |
Passenger car occupants |
12,491 |
12,239 |
U |
Motorcyclists |
4,518 |
5,014 |
5,458 |
Light-truck occupants |
9,782 |
9,976 |
U |
Heavy-truck occupants |
530 |
892 |
U |
Bus occupants |
44 |
35 |
U |
Pedestrians |
4,302 |
6,205 |
6,236 |
Pedalcyclists |
623 |
846 |
891 |
Other |
709 |
889 |
U |
Pipeline |
22 |
11 |
15 |
Rail |
735 |
863 |
752 |
Train Accidents |
8 |
3 |
6 |
Highway-rail grade crossinga |
261 |
294 |
197 |
Trespassers |
441 |
540 |
525 |
Other |
25 |
26 |
24 |
Transitb |
222 |
268 |
289 |
Water |
821 |
707 |
851 |
Freight vessel and Industrial/Other |
62 |
50 |
40 |
Passenger vessel and Recreational boating |
759 |
657 |
811 |
Notes:
aIndividual modes don't add up to totals due to double counting in highway, rail, and transit grade crossings. bIncludes transit employee, contract worker, passenger, people waiting or leaving (revenue facility occupant), and other fatalities for all modes reported to the National Transit Database. Excludes commuter rail (reporting under FRA jurisdiction). Other transit fatalities are assumed to be counted under Highway or Rail categories.
U = data are not available.
Sources:
As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-1, available at https://www.bts.gov/nts.
Last Updated: October 2021