National Transportation Safety Board

1998-1999 U.S. Transportation Fatalities

		1998	19991
Highway:	Passenger Cars	21,141	20,771
	Light Trucks and Vans	10,665	11,208
	Pedestrians	5,228	4,906
	Motorcycles	2,292	2,471
	Pedecycles	757	746
	Medium and Heavy Trucks	739	755
	Buses	38	58
	All Other	641	696
	Total	41,501	41,611

Grade Crossings: 2		(431)	(432)
Rail:	Intercity
	Trespassers and non-trespassers 3	601	530
	Employees and Contractors	34	43
	Passengers on Trains	4	14
	Light, heavy and commuter rail4,5	192	218
	Total	831	805

Marine:
	Recreational Boating	815	729
	Cargo Transport	52	42
	Commercial fishing6	66	46
	Commercial Passengers	17	36
	Total	950	853
Aviation:
	General Aviation	623	628
	Airlines	1	12
	Air Taxi	48	38
	Commuter	0	12
	Foreign / unregistered 7	16	1
	Total	688	691

Pipeline:
	Gas	17	22
	Liquids	1	4
	Total	18	26

Grand Total:

43,988

43,986

1 1999 figures are preliminary estimates supplied by modal agencies within Department of Transportation.

2 Grade crossing fatalities are not counted as a separate category for determining the grand totals because they are included in the highway and rail categories, as appropriate.

3 Does not include motor vehicle occupants killed at grade crossings.

4 1998 figure includes heavy rail fatalities (54) reported by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Heavy rail is defined as an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by rapid acceleration passenger cars on fixed rails, separate rights of way from all other traffic, sophisticated signaling and high platform loading.

5 Fatalities reported to the FTA for commuter rail operations may also be reported to the Federal Rail Administration and included in the intercity railroad fatalities.

6 Refers to only operational fatalities.

7 Includes non-U.S. registered aircraft involved in accidents in the U.S.

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