Freight Facts and Figures 2013
Table 5-2. Injuries by Freight Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, and 2010-2012
Historically, the highway mode has accounted for nearly all injuries in freight transportation, but the number of injuries has dropped substantially since 1990.
Table 5-2
Table in Excel format | Historical data
 |
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total transportation fatalities (passenger and freight) | 3,269,465 | 3,217,115 | (R) 2,258,768 | (R) 2,234,245 | U |
| Highway (passenger and freight) | 3,230,666 | 3,188,750 | (R) 2,239,000 | 2,217,000 | 2,362,000 |
| Large truck occupants1 | 41,822 | 30,832 | 20,000 | 23,000 | 25,000 |
| Others injured in crashes involving large trucks | 108,000 | 109,000 | 60,000 | 66,000 | 79,000 |
| Large truck occupants1 (percent) | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Others injured in crashes involving large trucks (percent) | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Railroad (passenger and freight) | (R) 22,957 | (R) 10,614 | (R) 7,671 | (R) 7,550 | U |
| Highway-rail grade crossing2 | (R) 221 | (R) 190 | (R) 169 | (R) 216 | U |
| Railroad2,3 | (R) 22,736 | (R) 10,424 | (R) 7,502 | (R) 7,334 | U |
| Trespassers | 560 | 414 | 390 | 368 | U |
| Waterborne (passenger and freight) | NA | (R) 758 | (R) 677 | (R) 901 | U |
| Vessel-related4 | 175 | 151 | 135 | 247 | U |
| Freight ship | 10 | 5 | 17 | 24 | U |
| Tank ship | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | U |
| Tug/towboat | 19 | 18 | 0 | 27 | U |
| Offshore supply | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | U |
| Fishing vessel | 31 | 21 | 15 | 46 | U |
| Mobile offshore drilling units | 13 | 0 | 10 | 6 | U |
| Platform | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | U |
| Freight barge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | U |
| Tank barge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | U |
| Miscellaneous5 | 12 | 96 | 90 | 129 | U |
| Non vessel-related4 | NA | 607 | (R) 542 | (R) 654 | U |
| Pipeline | 76 | 81 | (R) 109 | (R) 57 | 58 |
| Hazardous liquid pipeline | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Gas pipeline | 69 | 77 | (R) 105 | (R) 55 | 54 |
Key: NA = not available; R = revised; U = unavailable at date of publication.
1Large trucks are defined as trucks over the 10,000 pound gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors.
2Includes injuries involving motor vehicles at private highway-rail grade crossings and fatalities not involving motor vehicles at all highway-rail grade crossings resulting from freight and passenger rail operations including commuter rail. Excludes highway-rail grade crossing injuries involving motor vehicles at public highway-rail grade crossings which are counted under Highway.
3Includes Amtrak. Injuies include those resulting from train accidents, train incidents, and nontrain incidents.
4Vessel-related injuries include those involving damage to vessels, such as collisions or groundings. Not vessel-related injuries include those from falls overboard or from accidents involving onboard equipment.
5Includes industrial vessel, oil recovery, passenger (inspected), passenger (uninspected), recreational, research vessel, unclassified, and unknown data.
Sources:
Highway: Total: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts, Large Trucks (annual issues); 2010-2012: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts - Highlights annual issues).
Railroad: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/default.asp as of October 4, 2013.
Waterborne: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division, personal communication, September 30, 2013.
Pipeline: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Pipeline Safety Program, Pipeline Library, available at http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/PipelineLibrary.htm as of October 4, 2013.
You may need the Microsoft Excel Viewer to view Excel files on this page.
