Transportation Fatalities (Total) SOURCES: Data compiled from various government agencies as cited in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bu Date Updated: Unit: Number of Fatalities DATE Total In Thousand 1988 U 1989 U 1990 47,348 47 1991 44,307 44 1992 42,059 42 1993 42,838 43 1994 43,589 44 1995 44,563 45 1996 44,808 45 1997 44,472 44 1998 43,876 44 1999 43,866 44 2000 44,190 44 2001 44,208 44 2000 number from TSAR 2001 2001 number from DOT Performance Report 2001
nt of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999, table 3-1, available at: http://www
999, table 3-1, available at: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/nts/nts.html, and the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1999 Performance Report/ 200
ation, 1999 Performance Report/ 2001 Performance Plan, available at: http://www.dot.gov/ost/ost_temp/. Preliminary highway data for 1999 a
Preliminary highway data for 1999 are from the USDOT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES: ALL MODES
Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)
Thousands of Fatalities
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Total Transportation Fatalities (annual data, all modes)
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Fatalities represent the most severe safety consequence for the transportation system. The overall number of transportation fa See U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2000 , pp. 429-4 Transportation Fatalities Total Percent change from previous year * Preliminary estimate. SOURCES: Data compiled from various government agencies as cited in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics 2000. 2001 number from U.S. DOT 2003 Performance Plan, 2001
erall number of transportation fatalities grew from 1992 to 1996, then trended downward in 1997 and 1998. Preliminary estimates for transpo tation Statistics 2000 , pp. 429-435, for detailed discussion of modal fatality data. 2000 2001* 44,190 44,208 0.74 0.04
portation (USDOT), Bureau of 03 Performance Plan, 2001