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U.S. Departmentof Transportation Federal Transit Administration

Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis2003 Annual Report(Formerly SAMIS)

U.S. Department of TransportationResearch and Innovative Technology AdministrationJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems CenterCambridge, MA 02142-1093

FTA OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY

Final ReportDecember 2005

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The Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis 2003 Annual Report (formerly SAMIS) is a compilation and analysis of mass transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) National Transit Database Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds in the United States during 2003.

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Transit safety, transit security, statistics, transit fatalities, transit injuries, casualties, transit accidents, transit crime, mass transit

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PREFACE

The Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis 2003 Annual Report, formerly known as Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS), is a compilation and analysis of transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds during 2003. A redesign of the NTD for calendar year 2002 has resulted in Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Rail Accident/Incident Reporting System (RAIRS) now being the source of commuter rail safety data.

This report was prepared under the sponsorship of the Federal Transit Administration, Office of Safety and Security. The statistics for the tables, charts, and graphs were generated by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Select tables from this report may be found on the FTA Office of Safety and Security web site at http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov.

The authors wish to thank the following individuals from the FTA Office of Safety and Security for their direction and guidance:

Michael Taborn

Director

Levern McElveen

Safety Team Leader

Jerry Powers

Contract Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR)

Tim Braxton

Data Analyst

The authors also wish to acknowledge the efforts of Cassandra Oxley and Allison Stieber of CASE, LLC in the preparation of this report.

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METRIC/ENGLISH CONVERSION FACTORS

ENGLISH TO METRIC METRIC TO ENGLISH

LENGTH (APPROXIMATE) 1 inch (in) = 2.5 centimeters (cm) 1 foot (ft) = 30 centimeters (cm)

1 yard (yd) = 0.9 meter (m) 1 mile (mi) = 1.6 kilometers (km)

LENGTH (APPROXIMATE) 1 millimeter (mm) = 0.04 inch (in) 1 centimeter (cm) = 0.4 inch (in)

1 meter (m) = 3.3 feet (ft) 1 meter (m) = 1.1 yards (yd)

1 kilometer (km) = 0.6 mile (mi)

AREA (APPROXIMATE) 1 square inch (sq in, in2) = 6.5 square centimeters

(cm2) 1 square foot (sq ft, ft2) = 0.09 square meter (m2)

1 square yard (sq yd, yd2) = 0.8 square meter (m2) 1 square mile (sq mi, mi2) = 2.6 square kilometers

(km2) 1 acre = 0.4 hectare (he) = 4,000 square meters (m2)

AREA (APPROXIMATE) 1 square centimeter (cm2) = 0.16 square inch (sq in, in2)

1 square meter (m2) = 1.2 square yards (sq yd, yd2)

1 square kilometer (km2) = 0.4 square mile (sq mi, mi2) 10,000 square meters (m2) = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.5 acres

MASS - WEIGHT (APPROXIMATE) 1 ounce (oz) = 28 grams (gm) 1 pound (lb) = 0.45 kilogram (kg)

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds (lb)

= 0.9 tonne (t)

MASS - WEIGHT (APPROXIMATE) 1 gram (gm) = 0.036 ounce (oz)

1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2 pounds (lb) 1 tonne (t) =

= 1,000 kilograms (kg) 1.1 short tons

VOLUME (APPROXIMATE) 1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5 milliliters (ml)

1 tablespoon (tbsp) = 15 milliliters (ml) 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 30 milliliters (ml)

1 cup (c) = 0.24 liter (l) 1 pint (pt) = 0.47 liter (l)

1 quart (qt) = 0.96 liter (l) 1 gallon (gal) = 3.8 liters (l)

1 cubic foot (cu ft, ft3) = 0.03 cubic meter (m3) 1 cubic yard (cu yd, yd3) = 0.76 cubic meter (m3)

VOLUME (APPROXIMATE) 1 milliliter (ml) = 0.03 fluid ounce (fl oz)

1 liter (l) = 2.1 pints (pt) 1 liter (l) = 1.06 quarts (qt) 1 liter (l) = 0.26 gallon (gal)

1 cubic meter (m3) = 36 cubic feet (cu ft, ft3) 1 cubic meter (m3) = 1.3 cubic yards (cu yd, yd3)

TEMPERATURE (EXACT) [(x-32)(5/9)] °F = y °C

TEMPERATURE (EXACT) [(9/5) y + 32] °C = x °F

QUICK INCH - CENTIMETER LENGTH CONVERSION 0 1 2 3 4 5

Inches Centimeters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

QUICK FAHRENHEIT - CELSIUS TEMPERATURE CONVERSION °F -40° -22° -4° 14° 32° 50° 68° 86° 104° 122° 140° 158° 176° 194° 212°

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................1

Introduction..........................................................................................................................3

Glossary ...............................................................................................................................7

TRANSIT SAFETY TRENDS......................................................................................................15

Incidents/Accidents............................................................................................................17

Rail Grade Crossing Fatalities and Injuries .......................................................................22

Injuries ...............................................................................................................................36

Collisions ...........................................................................................................................43

Personal Casualties ............................................................................................................45

Operating Statistics ............................................................................................................47

2003 SAFETY DATA ...................................................................................................................57

TRANSIT SECURITY TRENDS ...............................................................................................107

2003 SECURITY DATA.............................................................................................................117

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Background

INTRODUCTION

The Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis Annual Report, formerly known as the Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) Annual Report, is now in its thirteenth year of production, providing comprehensive safety and security data. These data are collected from all recipients or beneficiaries of Urbanized Area Formula funds through the National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting System with the exception of commuter rail (CR) safety data that is now collected only in FRA’s RAIRS in order to avoid redundant reporting to both FTA and FRA.1

The NTD underwent a major redesign for calendar year 2002. The NTD now incorporates a web-based, monthly, and two-tiered safety and security incident collection mechanism. The extreme drop in the incidents, injuries, collisions, and not otherwise classifieds (personal casualties) for 2002 and 2003 is due to the change of the incident thresholds, specifically the definition of injuries, in the NTD. The injury definition was changed for the 2002 revision of the NTD to coincide with other USDOT modes. Only incidents involving immediate medical treatment away from the scene now qualify as reportable injuries. Previously, any reported incident/injury was reported to NTD. It was felt that this resulted in the collection of claims-based as opposed to safety-based data.

The property damage reportable threshold was also changed for 2002 and remained in place in 2003. Incidents that involve total property damage (not only transit property) exceeding $7500 are reportable to the NTD. Previously, the threshold for property damage incidents was $1000 in transit property damage only.

This year’s report includes safety and security data for Directly Operated (DO) and Purchased Transportation (PT). Purchased Transportation reported data are only for those services provided under contract. All transit agencies subject to NTD reporting are required to report safety data.

Transit safety data are collected in five basic categories: Collisions, Derailments/Vehicles leaving roadway, Not Otherwise Classified (Personal Casualties), Evacuations (due to life safety reasons), and Fires. Each of these categories is further delineated in order to obtain detailed information on the exact nature of the incidents.

1 Transit agencies with nine or fewer vehicles for non-fixed guideway systems, public carriers receiving no Urbanized Area Formula funds, private conventional and subscription bus services operators, and providers of services only under a demonstration grant are not required to report data under the NTD Reporting System, and thus are not included in this Annual Report.

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Transit security data are modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting System, using standardized offense definitions. Two types of security data are collected: reports of Part I (crime index) offenses, and arrests for Part II (most other) offenses. In addition, further security issues will be included in the future, such as bomb threats, chemical/biological/nuclear release, cyber incident, hijacking, non-violent civil disturbance, and sabotage. As a change from years prior to 2002, arrests and citations for Sex Offenses, Drug Abuse Violations, DUI, Drunkenness, Disorderly Conduct, and Curfew/Loitering Laws are no longer reported. Transit agencies serving urbanized areas (UZAs) with populations of 200,000 or more are required to report security data.

This document reports these safety statistics for the following transit modes:

• Automated Guideway (AG) • Commuter Rail (CR) • Demand Response (DR) • Heavy Rail (HR) • Light Rail (LR) • Motor Bus (MB) and Trolley Bus (TB) • Vanpool (VP)

An abbreviated section is also presented for Cable Car (CC), Ferryboat (FB), Jitney (JT), and Inclined Plane (IP). Monorail (MO), Publico (PB), Aerial Tramway (TR), and Other (OR) modes had no reportable incidents.

As with previous years’ reports, caution should be used when making comparisons across different modes of transit, and also against data from other transportation reporting systems such as those for aviation and trucking. When comparing modes of transit, key differences should be kept in mind. For example, some transit modes run on exclusive rights-of-way while others mix with general traffic on surface roads. Some have extensive stations and terminals (where many injuries happen) while others have no such facilities. When making comparisons with data from other transportation reporting systems, it is important to consider that the reporting thresholds, assumptions, and definitions may be very different. For example, NTD reports transit property damage when the damage exceeds $7,500, while other transportation industries use dollar thresholds that may be higher or lower.

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GLOSSARY Accident - per Passenger Miles

An incident involving a moving vehicle. Includes collisions with another vehicle, object or person (except suicides) and derailment/left roadway. This also includes Not Otherwise Classified (Personal Casualty) incidents on the right-of-way, inside the vehicle and boarding and alighting the vehicle.

Accident - per Vehicle Miles An incident involving a moving vehicle. Includes collisions with another vehicle, object, or person (except suicides) and derailment/left roadway.

Arson To unlawfully and intentionally damage, or attempt to damage, any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device.

Assault, Aggravated An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender: • uses a weapon in a threatening manner, or • the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury.

Assault, Other An unlawful attack or attempt by one person upon another where no weapon was used or which did not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim. This includes: • Simple assault • Minor assault • Assault and battery • Injury by culpable negligence • Intimidation, Coercion, Hazing, and • All attempts to commit these offenses.

Bomb Threat Credible written or oral (e.g., telephone) communication to a transit agency threatening the use of an explosive or incendiary device for the purpose of disrupting public transit services or to create a public emergency.

Bombing The unlawful and intentional: • Delivery • Placement • Discharge, or • Detonation of an explosive, or other lethal device in, into, or against

A public transport facility A public transportation system (including vehicles), or An infrastructure facility

• Or conspiracy, instigation, or attempts to commit such acts: With the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or With the intent to cause extensive damage to, or destruction of

such a place, facility or system, where such destruction results in or is likely to result in major economic loss.

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Burglary The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or a theft. This includes offenses known locally as burglary (any degree), unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony, breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny, housebreaking, safe cracking and all attempts at these offenses.

Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear Release The unlawful and intentional: • Delivery • Placement • Discharge, or • Detonation of a biological, chemical, or nuclear lethal device in, into, or against

A public transport facility A public transportation system (including vehicles), or An infrastructure facility, or conspiracy, instigation or attempts to

commit such acts.

Chemical, biological, or nuclear releases involve:

Solids, liquids, or gases that have chemical properties that produce lethal or serious effects in human beings, or

Any weapon involving a disease organism.

Collision With Vehicle An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes or is struck by any other vehicle. Reports are made if the accident results in death, injury (requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene), or property damage over $7,500.

With Object An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes an obstacle other than a vehicle or person (e.g., building, shopping carts, or utility pole). Reports are made if the accident results in a death, injury (requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene), or property damage over $7,500.

With People An incident in which a transit vehicle strikes one or more individuals. Incidents involving suicides and attempted suicides are excluded from this category. Reports are made if the accident results in a death, injury (requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene), or property damage over $7,500.

Cyber Incident Involves the targeting of: • Transit Facilities • Personnel • Information, or • Computer, or • Telecommunications systems associated with transit agencies. Proscribed activities include: • Denial or disruption of computer or telecommunications services, especially

train control systems • Unauthorized monitoring of computer or telecommunications systems • Unauthorized disclosure of proprietary or classified information store within or

communicated through computer or telecommunications systems • Unauthorized modification or destruction of computer programming codes,

computer network databases, stored information or computer capabilities; or • Manipulation of computer or telecommunications services resulting from fraud,

financial loss, or other criminal violations.

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Derailment/Bus Going Off Road A non-collision incident in which either one or more wheels of a transit vehicle unintentionally leaves the rails, a bus leaves the roadway, or there is a rollover.

Directly Operated Transportation service provided directly by a transit agency, using their employees to supply the necessary labor to operate the revenue vehicles. This includes instances where an agency’s employees provide purchased transportation (PT) services to the agency through a contractual agreement.

Employee An individual who is compensated by the transit agency as follows: • For directly operated (DO) services, the labor expense for the individual is

reported in object class 501 labor. • For purchased transportation (PT) service, the labor expense for the individual

meets the same criteria as object class 501 labor.

Evacuation A condition requiring all passengers and employees to depart a transit vehicle and enter onto the transit right-of-way (ROW) or roadway under emergency circumstances.

Fare Evasion The unlawful use of transit facilities by riding without paying the applicable fare.

Fatality A transit-caused death confirmed within 30 days of a transit incident, which occurs under the collision, derailment, fire, evacuation, security incident, vehicle leaving the roadway, or not otherwise classified (NOC) categories.

Fire Uncontrolled combustion made evident by flame and/or smoke that requires suppression by equipment or personnel.

Forcible Rape The carnal knowledge of a person forcibly and/or against that person’s will. This includes assault to rape or attempt to rape.

FTA Urbanized Area Formula Program Funds Financial assistance from Section 5307 of the Federal Transit Act. This program makes Federal resources available for capital projects and to finance the planning and improvement costs of equipment, facilities and associated capital maintenance items for use in mass transportation. The program also allows funds for operating assistance in urbanized areas (UZAs) of less than 200,000 population.

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Grade Crossings An intersection of highway roads, railroad tracks, or dedicated transit rail tracks that run either parallel or across mixed traffic situations with motor vehicles, light rail, commuter rail, heavy rail, trolley bus or pedestrian traffic. Collisions at grade crossings involving transit vehicles apply to light rail, commuter rail, heavy rail or trolley bus.

Homicide The killing of one or more human beings by another, including the following: • Murder and non-negligent manslaughter — The willful (non-negligent) killing

of one or more human beings by another. • Negligent manslaughter — The killing of another person or persons through

gross negligence.

Incident Major (episodic): Existence of one or more of the following:

• A fatality other than a suicide

• Injuries requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene for two or more persons

• Property damage equal to or exceeding $25,000

• An evacuation due to life safety reasons

• A collision at a grade crossing resulting in at least one injury requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene or property damage equal to or exceeding $7,500.

• A mainline derailment

• A collision with person(s) on a rail right-of-way (ROW) resulting in injuries that require immediate medical attention away from the scene for one or more persons

• A collision between a rail transit vehicle and another rail transit vehicle or a transit non-revenue vehicle resulting in injuries that require immediate medical attention away from the scene for one or more persons.

Non-major (summary): Incidents not already reported on the Major Incident Reporting form (S&S-40).

Existence of one or more of the following conditions: • Injuries requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene for one

person

• Property damage equal to or exceeding $7,500 (less than $25,000)

• All non-arson fires not qualifying as major incidents

Injury Any physical damage or harm to persons as a result of an incident that requires immediate medical attention away from the scene.

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Larceny/Theft The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another person. This includes pocket picking, purse snatching, shoplifting, thefts from motor vehicles, thefts of motor vehicle parts and accessories, theft of bicycles, theft from buildings, theft from coin operated devices or machines, and all other theft not specifically classified.

Mode A system for carrying transit passengers described by specific right-of-way (ROW), technology, and operational features.

Motor Vehicle Theft The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle that runs on the surface of land and not on rails.

National Transit Database (NTD) The system through which the Federal Transit Administration collects uniform data needed by the Secretary of Transportation to administer Department programs.

Not Otherwise Classified (Personal Casualty)

A major or non-major incident in which person(s) are injured or die in transit related operations, but not as a result of a collision, derailment/vehicle leaving roadway, evacuation, or fire. These incidents can include the following: • Injuries or fatalities that occur in slips, trips or falls on stairs, escalators,

elevators, passageways, platforms, or transit right-of-ways.

• Injuries or fatalities that occur in sudden braking or unexpected swerving on transit vehicles.

• Injuries or fatalities that occur in slips, falls, door closings, or lifts while getting on or off a transit vehicle.

Non-Arson Fires An incident involving uncontrolled combustion manifested by flame or smoke resulting in evidence of charring, melting or other evidence of ignition of transit property. These are reported as in station, on right of way or other, or in vehicle.

Other An individual who is neither a transit passenger, transit facility occupant, Employee/other worker at a transit agency, nor a trespasser.

Passenger A person who is on-board, boarding or alighting from a transit vehicle for the purpose of traveling without participating in the operation of the vehicle.

Passenger Miles The cumulative sum of distances ridden by each passenger.

Population Density Population divided by the area for which the population was measured. In the NTD, the number of people is the most recent Census urbanized area population divided by the square miles of that urbanized area.

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Property Damage The dollar amount required to repair or replace all vehicles (transit and non-transit) and all property/facilities (track, signals, and buildings) damaged during an incident to a state equivalent to that which existed prior to the incident.

Purchased Transportation Transportation service provided to a public transit agency or governmental unit from a public or private transportation provider based on a written contract. The provider is obligated in advance to operate public transportation services for a public transit agency or governmental unit for a specific monetary consideration, using its own employees to operate revenue vehicles. Purchased transportation (PT) does not include franchising, licensing operations, management services, cooperative agreements, or private conventional bus service.

Robbery The taking or attempting to take anything of value under confrontational circumstances from the care, custody, or control of another person by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear of immediate harm. The use or threat of force includes firearms, knives or cutting instruments, other dangerous weapons (clubs, acid, explosives) and strong arm techniques (hands, fists, feet).

Suicide A person attempting to end his or her own life intentionally. Both successful and unsuccessful attempts are counted as suicides. Suicides were previously classified as a subset of Collisions with People. They have been reclassified as non-major security incidents in the redesigned NTD.

Transit Facility Occupant A person who is inside the public passenger area of a transit revenue facility. Employees, other workers, or trespassers are not transit facility occupants.

Trespass To unlawfully enter land, a dwelling, or other real property.

Unlinked Passenger Trips The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to their destination.

Vandalism The willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacement of any public or private property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.

Vehicles Operated in Annual Maximum Service The number of revenue vehicles operated to meet the annual maximum service requirement.

Vehicle Miles The total number of miles traveled by transit vehicles. Commuter rail, heavy rail, and light rail report individual car miles rather than train miles for vehicle miles.

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TRANSIT MODE DEFINITIONS

AG - Automated Guideway Consists of an electric railway (single or multicar trains) of guided transit vehicles operating without vehicle operators or other crew on board the vehicle. Service may be on a fixed schedule or in response to a passenger activated call button.

CC - Cable Car Electric railway with individually controlled transit vehicles operating by means of an attachment to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on board the vehicle.

CR - Commuter Rail An electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel between a central city and suburbs. Such rail service, using either locomotive hauled or self propelled railroad passenger cars, is generally characterized by multi-trip tickets, specific station to station fares, railroad employment practices and usually only 1 or 2 stations in the central business district. Commuter rail does not include heavy rail or light rail service. Service of a predominantly intercity nature is excluded, except where a local portion is operated under public agency contract for commuter purposes. Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an inter city route is eligible for inclusion when determining commuter rail route miles. FRA RAIRS is the safety data source for this mode.

DR - Demand Response Passenger cars, vans or class C (< 25 seats) buses operating in response to calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator, who then dispatches a vehicle to pick up the passengers and transport them to their destinations. Vehicles do not operate over a fixed route or on a fixed schedule, may be dispatched to pick up several passengers at different pick-up points before taking them to their respective destinations (and may even be interrupted en route to these destinations to pick up other passengers), and are normally used exclusively for this service.

FB - Ferryboat Vessels carrying passengers and/or vehicles over a body of water. The vessels are generally steam- or diesel-powered conventional ferry vessels.

HR - Heavy Rail (Rapid Rail or Subway) A transit mode with rail cars powered by electricity that is usually drawn from a third rail and the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by high speed and rapid acceleration passenger rail cars operating singly or in multi-car trains on fixed rails; separate rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded; sophisticated signaling; and high platform loading. It generally uses longer trains and has longer spacing between stations than light rail.

IP - Inclined Plane A transit mode that is a railway operating over exclusive right-of-way on steep grades (slopes) with powerless vehicles propelled by moving cables attached to the vehicles and powered by engines or motors at a central location not on board the vehicle. The special tramway type of vehicles have passenger seats that remain horizontal while the undercarriage (truck) is angled parallel to the slope.

13

JT - Jitney Passenger cars or vans operating on fixed routes (sometimes with minor deviations) as demand warrants without fixed schedules or fixed stops.

LR - Light Rail (Streetcar) Urban transit that typically is an electric railway with a light volume traffic capacity compared to heavy rail. It is characterized by passenger rail cars operating singly (or in short, usually 2 car trains) on fixed rails in predominantly reserved but not always grade-separated right-of-ways; low or high platform loading; and vehicle power drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph.

MB - Motor Bus Rubber-tired passenger vehicles operating on fixed routes and schedules over roadways. Vehicles are powered by diesel, gasoline, battery or alternative fuel engines contained within the vehicle.

TB – Trolley bus Electric rubber-tired passenger vehicles manually steered and operating singly on city streets. Trolley buses are propelled by a motor that draws current from an overhead catenary. The data for trolley buses are combined with the Motor Bus data.

VP - Vanpool Public-sponsored commuter service operating under prearranged schedules for pre-formed groups of riders in 8- to 18-seat vehicles. Vanpool(s) must also be in compliance with mass transit rules including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provisions, and be open to the public and that availability must be made known. Drivers are also commuters who receive little or no compensation besides free transportation and use of the vehicle during off-hours.

Transit modes whose statistics are insignificant when compared with other modes are addressed in an abbreviated fashion. They are Cable Car (CC), Ferryboat (FB), Inclined Plane (IP), and Jitney (JT). Detailed statistics are available on request. Monorail (MO), Publico (PB), Aerial Tramway (TR), and Other (OR) modes had no reportable incidents.

14

Transit Safety Trends

Tr

ansi

t Inj

urie

sby

Yea

r

56,1

32

55,9

90

58,1

93

57,1

96

55,3

25

53,9

45

19,2

60

18,2

35

56,6

9755

,288

0

10,0

00

20,0

00

30,0

00

40,0

00

50,0

00

60,0

00

70,0

00

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit I

ncid

ents

by Y

ear

59,3

92

61,5

61

60,0

94

58,7

03

59,8

98

58,1

49

30,3

31 19,

797

70,6

93

62,4

71

0

20,0

00

40,0

00

60,0

00

80,0

00

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit F

atal

ities

by Y

ear

267

280

234

299

275

320

295

286

264

274

0

100

200

300

400

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Thes

e gr

aphs

dep

ict t

he tr

ends

for t

he to

tal

num

ber o

f inc

iden

ts, f

atal

ities

, an

d in

juri

es

from

all

caus

es, i

.e.,

Col

lisio

ns, D

erai

lmen

ts,

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es, E

vacu

atio

ns, a

nd F

ires

.

Not

e: In

thes

e tr

end

grap

hs, t

he te

rmTr

ansi

t ref

ers t

o th

e fo

llow

ing

mod

es:

MB

, TB

, CR

, HR

, LR

, AG

, DR

, and

VP.

17

18

Tran

sit A

ccid

ents

pe

r 100

,000

,000

Veh

icle

Mile

s by

Yea

r

966

923

845

453

796

808

773

980

254

1,16

1

0

500

1,00

0

1,50

0

2,00

0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

156

137

113

107

55

34

128

122

120

115

0 50

100

150

200

250

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit A

ccid

ents

pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

by Y

ear

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he a

ccid

ent r

ate,

whi

ch is

ba

sed

only

on

the

num

ber o

f veh

icle

acc

iden

ts.

Thes

e in

clud

e al

l veh

icle

acc

iden

ts re

sulti

ng fr

om

Col

lisio

ns (w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le

[not

suic

ides

]) a

nd D

erai

lmen

ts (v

ehic

le d

erai

led/

left

road

way

). Th

e ve

hicl

e m

ile fi

gure

incl

udes

bot

h re

venu

e an

d no

n-re

venu

e m

iles s

ince

ther

e ar

e ris

ks p

rese

nt d

urin

g bo

th ty

pes o

f ope

ratio

n.

The

thre

e ra

il m

odes

(Com

mut

er R

ail,

Hea

vy R

ail,

and

Ligh

t Rai

l) re

port

car r

athe

r tha

n tra

in m

iles

for v

ehic

le m

iles.

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he tr

end

for a

ccid

ent r

ates

, whi

ch

resu

lt fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[n

ot su

icid

es])

, Der

ailm

ents

(veh

icle

der

aile

d/le

ft ro

adw

ay),

and

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, in

side

the

vehi

cle,

ent

erin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in

othe

r non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s).

Whe

n an

alyz

ing

the

resu

lts o

n th

is p

age,

con

side

r tha

t the

num

ber o

f pa

ssen

gers

and

the

aver

age

trip

leng

th b

oth

affe

ct th

e ac

cide

nt ra

te.

This

gra

ph d

iffer

s fro

m th

e pr

evio

us

grap

h in

that

it in

clud

es th

ose

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, ins

ide

the

vehi

cle,

ent

erin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

oth

er) a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e op

erat

ion

of

trans

it ve

hicl

es, a

nd is

inde

xed

by P

asse

nger

Mile

s.

Bus

Acc

iden

ts

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 V

ehic

le M

iles

by Y

ear

1,25

21,

338

1,63

1

1,40

0

1,38

9 1,

141

1,18

4

668

358

1,16

6

0

500

1,00

0

1,50

0

2,00

0

2,50

0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

246

231

223

226

211

107

62

258

234

298

0

100

200

300

400

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Bus

Acc

iden

ts

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

19

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he a

ccid

ent r

ate,

whi

ch is

ba

sed

only

on

the

num

ber o

f veh

icle

acc

iden

ts.

Thes

e in

clud

e al

l bus

acc

iden

ts re

sulti

ng fr

om

Col

lisio

ns (w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le

[not

suic

ides

]), a

nd D

erai

lmen

ts (b

us le

ft ro

adw

ay).

The

vehi

cle

mile

figu

re in

clud

es b

oth

reve

nue

and

non-

reve

nue

mile

s sin

ce th

ere

are

risks

pre

sent

dur

ing

both

type

s of o

pera

tion.

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he tr

end

for b

us a

ccid

ent r

ates

, whi

ch

resu

lt fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[not

su

icid

es])

, Der

ailm

ents

(bus

left

road

way

), an

d Pe

rson

al

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, ins

ide

the

vehi

cle,

en

terin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in o

ther

non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s).

Whe

n an

alyz

ing

the

resu

lts o

n th

is p

age,

co

nsid

er th

at th

e nu

mbe

r of v

ehic

le a

ccid

ents

, the

num

ber

of p

asse

nger

s, an

d th

e av

erag

e tri

p le

ngth

all

affe

ct th

e ac

cide

nt ra

te.

This

gra

ph d

iffer

s fro

m th

e pr

evio

us g

raph

in

that

it in

clud

es P

erso

nal C

asua

lties

(on

right

of w

ay,

insi

de th

e ve

hicl

e, e

nter

ing/

exiti

ng th

e ve

hicl

e, a

nd in

ot

her n

on-s

tatio

n/no

n-pa

rkin

g ar

eas)

, and

is in

dexe

d by

Pa

ssen

ger M

iles.

20

Rai

l Acc

iden

ts

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 V

ehic

le M

iles

by Y

ear

147

113

108

96

104

109

99

89

84

199

0 50

100

150

200

250

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

33

31

23

14

12

28

26

24

24

30

0 10

20

30

40

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Rai

l Acc

iden

ts

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he a

ccid

ent r

ate,

whi

ch is

ba

sed

only

on

the

num

ber o

f veh

icle

acc

iden

ts.

Thes

e in

clud

e al

l rai

l veh

icle

acc

iden

ts re

sulti

ng fr

om

Col

lisio

ns (w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le

[not

suic

ides

]) a

nd D

erai

lmen

ts (b

us le

ft ro

adw

ay).

The

vehi

cle-

mile

figu

re in

clud

es b

oth

reve

nue

and

non-

reve

nue

mile

s sin

ce th

ere

are

risks

pre

sent

dur

ing

both

type

s of o

pera

tion.

Th

e ra

il m

odes

(Com

mut

er R

ail,

Hea

vy R

ail,

and

Ligh

t Rai

l) re

port

car r

athe

r tha

n tra

in m

iles

for v

ehic

le m

iles.

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he tr

end

for r

ail v

ehic

le a

ccid

ent r

ates

, w

hich

resu

lt fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[not

suic

ides

]), D

erai

lmen

ts (v

ehic

le d

erai

led/

left

road

way

), an

d Pe

rson

al C

asua

lties

(on

right

of w

ay,

insi

de th

e ve

hicl

e, e

nter

ing/

exiti

ng th

e ve

hicl

e, a

nd in

ot

her n

on-s

tatio

n/no

n-pa

rkin

g ar

eas)

. W

hen

anal

yzin

g th

e re

sults

on

this

pag

e, c

onsi

der t

hat t

he n

umbe

r of v

ehic

le

acci

dent

s, th

e nu

mbe

r of p

asse

nger

s, an

d th

e av

erag

e tri

p le

ngth

all

affe

ct th

e ac

cide

nt ra

te.

This

gra

ph d

iffer

s fro

m

the

prev

ious

gra

ph in

that

it in

clud

es c

erta

in P

erso

nal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, ins

ide

the

vehi

cle,

en

terin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in o

ther

non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s), a

nd is

inde

xed

by P

asse

nger

Mile

s.

Incidents by Mode and Year

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

MB DR CR HR LR AG VP

Incidents by Mode and Year

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 MB 42,780 40,456 40,524 41,616 41,094 41,677 40,321 19,892 11,053 DR 1,173 1,284 1,454 1,221 1,577 1,871 1,719 478 414 CR 2,847 2,449 3,078 2,410 2,499 2,072 2,159 1,720 1,749 HR 14,327 13,748 15,151 13,516 12,196 12,782 12,406 7,078 5,554 LR 1,276 1,350 1,173 1,121 1,182 1,319 1,299 1,105 983 AG 10 25 19 16 20 17 36 23 33 VP 58 80 162 194 135 160 209 35 11 Total 62,471 59,392 61,561 60,094 58,703 59,898 58,149 30,331 19,797

21

Rail Grade Crossing Fatalities and Injuries Events

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Fata

litie

s

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Inju

ries

Grade Crossing Fatalities - Patrons Grade Crossing Fatalities - Employees Grade Crossing Fatalities - Other Grade Crossing Injuries - Patrons Grade Crossing Injuries - Employees Grade Crossing Injuries - Other

This graph shows the fatalities (bars) and injuries (lines) that occur at grade crossings. Note that the fatality scale is on the left and the injury scale is on the right side of the chart.

Note that all of the fatalities are Others (e.g., pedestrians, trespassers, etc.). The plurality of injuries are also now Others, too.

22

23

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns -

All

and

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

g pe

r 100

,000

,000

Veh

icle

Mile

s by

Yea

r

16.1

17

.1

14.6

12

.5

16.0

16

.4

11.0

42

.5

29.1

85

7786

182

100

102

97

74

92

135

0 50

100

150

200

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ing

All

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns

0.43

0.09

0.

04

0.06

0.

09

0.08

0.

05

0.19

0.41

0.19

0.72

0.43

0.34

0.46

0.57

0.

40

0.12

0.10

0.

09

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

All

Rai

l Fat

aliti

es fr

om C

ollis

ions

(no

suic

ides

) R

ail F

atal

ities

from

Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ing

Rai

l Col

lisio

n Fa

talit

ies

- All

and

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

g pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

by Y

ear

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he c

ollis

ion

rate

, whi

ch is

bas

ed

only

on

the

num

ber o

f veh

icle

acc

iden

ts.

Thes

e in

clud

e al

l rai

l veh

icle

acc

iden

ts re

sulti

ng fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

ve

hicl

es, o

bjec

ts, p

eopl

e [n

ot su

icid

es])

. Th

e R

ail

Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

rate

is a

subs

et o

f the

All

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns ra

te.

The

vehi

cle-

mile

figu

re in

clud

es

both

reve

nue

and

non-

reve

nue

mile

s sin

ce th

ere

are

risks

pre

sent

dur

ing

both

type

s of o

pera

tion.

The

rail

mod

es (C

omm

uter

Rai

l, H

eavy

Rai

l, an

d Li

ght R

ail)

repo

rt ca

r rat

her t

han

train

-mile

s for

veh

icle

-mile

s. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, a

CR

loco

mot

ive

and

3 ca

rs tr

avel

ing

10

mile

s acc

rues

30

vehi

cle-

mile

s (lo

com

otiv

e no

t co

unte

d, o

nly

pass

enge

r car

s).

Thes

e st

atis

tics r

epre

sent

fata

litie

s re

sulti

ng fr

om

all R

ail C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[n

ot su

icid

es])

and

the

corr

espo

ndin

g su

bset

of

fata

litie

s th

at o

ccur

red

due

to th

ese

colli

sion

s at

Gra

de C

ross

ings

. W

hen

anal

yzin

g th

e re

sults

on

this

pa

ge, c

onsi

der t

hat t

he n

umbe

r of r

ail v

ehic

le

colli

sion

s, th

e nu

mbe

r of p

asse

nger

s, an

d th

e av

erag

e tri

p le

ngth

all

affe

ct th

e co

llisi

on ra

te.

24

Rai

l Col

lisio

n In

jurie

s - A

ll an

d at

Gra

de C

ross

ing

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

3.92

1.03

0.

94

1.46

3.30

3.

54

1.25

2.80

5.29

2.94

4.45

4.22

0.63

0.

300.

27

0.46

0.

71

0.51

0.

49

0.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

All

Rai

l Inj

urie

s fro

m C

ollis

ions

(no

suic

ides

) R

ail I

njur

ies

from

Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ing

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

- In

cide

nt T

rend

pe

rcen

tage

by

Yea

r

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Col

lisio

ns w

ith V

ehic

les

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Col

lisio

ns w

ith O

bjec

ts

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Col

lisio

ns w

ith P

eopl

e

Thes

e st

atis

tics r

epre

sent

inju

ries

resu

lting

from

al

l Rai

l Col

lisio

ns (w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le

[not

suic

ide

atte

mpt

s]) a

nd th

e co

rres

pond

ing

subs

et o

f in

juri

es t

hat o

ccur

red

due

to th

ese

colli

sion

s at

Gra

de C

ross

ings

. W

hen

anal

yzin

g th

e re

sults

on

this

pa

ge, c

onsi

der t

hat t

he n

umbe

r of r

ail v

ehic

le

colli

sion

s, th

e nu

mbe

r of p

asse

nger

s, an

d th

e av

erag

e tri

p le

ngth

all

affe

ct th

e co

llisi

on ra

te.

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

eac

h ty

pe

of g

rade

cro

ssin

g in

cide

nt (i

.e.,

Col

lisio

ns w

ith

othe

r veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, an

d pe

ople

) to

the

tota

l C

ollis

ions

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs.

25

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

- Fa

talit

y Tr

end

perc

enta

ge

by Y

ear

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Fata

litie

s fro

m C

ollis

ions

with

Veh

icle

s G

rade

Cro

ssin

g Fa

talit

ies

from

Col

lisio

ns w

ith O

bjec

ts

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Fata

litie

s fro

m C

ollis

ions

with

Peo

ple

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Inju

ries

from

Col

lisio

ns w

ith V

ehic

les

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Inju

ries

from

Col

lisio

ns w

ith O

bjec

ts

Gra

de C

ross

ing

Inju

ries

from

Col

lisio

ns w

ith P

eopl

e

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

- In

jury

Tre

nd

perc

enta

ge

by Y

ear

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

eac

h ty

pe

of g

rade

cro

ssin

g fa

talit

y (i.

e., C

ollis

ions

with

ot

her v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

and

peop

le) t

o th

e to

tal

Fata

litie

s at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs.

This

gra

ph sh

ows t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

eac

h ty

pe

of g

rade

cro

ssin

g in

jury

(i.e

., C

ollis

ions

with

ot

her v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

and

peop

le) t

o th

e to

tal

Inju

ries

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs.

26

Ligh

t Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

pe

r 100

,000

,000

LR

Veh

icle

Mile

s by

Yea

r

214.

33

530.

28

284.

38

161.

97

102.

72

152.

49

258.

89

341.

11

203.

91

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1995

19

96

1997

19

98

1999

20

00

2001

20

02

2003

LR C

ollis

ions

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs p

er L

R V

ehic

le M

iles

0.90

0.

90

0.27

0.59

0.07

0.07

0.31

0.

29

0.82

0.00

0.30

0.60

0.90

1.20

1995

19

96

1997

19

98

1999

20

00

2001

20

02

2003

LR F

atal

ities

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs p

er L

R P

asse

nger

Mile

s

Ligh

t Rai

l Col

lisio

n Fa

talit

ies

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 L

R P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

This

incl

udes

ligh

t rai

l veh

icle

acc

iden

ts re

sulti

ng

from

Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

(w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le).

The

LR v

ehic

le-m

ile

figur

e in

clud

es b

oth

reve

nue

and

non-

reve

nue

mile

s sin

ce th

ere

are

risks

pre

sent

dur

ing

both

ty

pes o

f ope

ratio

n.

Rep

orte

d LR

col

lisio

ns a

t gra

de c

ross

ings

incr

ease

d in

20

02 a

nd 2

003

due

to a

new

thre

shol

d re

quiri

ng th

at

any

colli

sion

at a

gra

de c

ross

ing

be re

porta

ble.

Thi

s th

resh

old

for r

epor

ting

was

then

incr

ease

d in

late

200

3,

so a

futu

re si

gnifi

cant

dec

reas

e is

exp

ecte

d.

Thes

e st

atis

tics r

epre

sent

fata

litie

s re

sulti

ng fr

om

all L

ight

Rai

l Col

lisio

ns a

t Gra

de C

ross

ings

(w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le).

Whe

n an

alyz

ing

the

resu

lts o

n th

is p

age,

con

side

r tha

t the

num

ber o

f co

llisi

ons,

the

num

ber o

f pas

seng

ers,

and

the

aver

age

trip

leng

th a

ll af

fect

the

colli

sion

rate

.

inju

ries

resu

lting

from

C

ollis

ions

at G

rade

Cro

ssin

gs

Whe

n an

alyz

ing

Thes

e st

atis

tics r

epre

sent

al

l Lig

ht R

ail

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

). th

e re

sults

on

this

pag

e, c

onsi

der t

hat t

he n

umbe

r of

colli

sion

s, th

e nu

mbe

r of p

asse

nger

s, an

d th

e av

erag

e tri

p le

ngth

all

affe

ct th

e co

llisi

on ra

te.

20.8

5

12.4

4

4.65

3.83

8.29

5.35

3.77

8.99

17.9

0

0 4 8 12

16

20

24

1995

19

96

1997

19

98

1999

20

00

2001

20

02

2003

LR In

jurie

s at

Gra

de C

ross

ings

per

LR

Pas

seng

er M

iles

Ligh

t Rai

l Col

lisio

n In

jurie

s at

Gra

de C

ross

ings

pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

by Y

ear

27

Rail Incidents at Grade Crossings by Mode and Year

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

CR HR LR

Rail Grade Crossing Incidents by Mode and Year

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 CR 35 48 37 36 41 39 76 58 HR 2 5 3 1 1 8 2 1 LR 97 66 66 103 106 54 320 217 Total 134 119 106 140 148 101 398 276

Incidents at Grade Crossings Breakout CR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 With Vehicles 43 26 21 30 30 62 52 With Objects 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 With People 4 10 13 9 9 14 6 HR With Vehicles 2 2 1 1 8 2 0 With Objects 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 With People 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 LR With Vehicles 61 58 86 90 48 296 202 With Objects 0 1 3 0 1 12 6 With People 5 7 14 16 5 12 9

28

Rail Fatalities at Grade Crossings by Mode and Year

0

4

8

12

16

20

24

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

CR HR LR

Grade Crossing Fatalities by Mode and Year

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 CR 4 6 16 14 8 11 23 16 HR 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 LR 3 3 10 7 12 1 1 4 Total 7 12 26 21 20 13 24 21

Fatalities at Grade Crossings Breakout CR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 With Vehicles 4 12 3 1 3 13 13 With Objects 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 With People 1 4 11 7 8 10 3 HR With Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 With Objects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 With People 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 LR With Vehicles 0 2 1 9 0 0 3 With Objects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 With People 3 8 6 3 1 1 1 Note: 2003 fatalities at grade crossings consisted of: 0 patrons, 0 employees, and 21 others.

29

Rail Injuries at Grade Crossings by Mode and Year

0

40

80

120

160

200

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

CR HR LR

Grade Crossing Injuries by Mode and Year

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 CR 13 34 13 10 11 13 27 49 HR 0 0 3 1 1 7 5 0 LR 171 92 42 148 111 54 76 68 Total 184 126 58 159 123 74 108 117

Injuries at Grade Crossings Breakout CR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 With Vehicles 31 9 7 9 11 23 46 With Objects 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 With People 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 HR With Vehicles 0 3 1 1 7 5 0 With Objects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 With People 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LR With Vehicles 90 41 137 97 49 67 62 With Objects 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 With People 2 0 7 14 4 9 6

30

31

Tran

sit F

atal

ities

pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

by Y

ear

0.52

0.48

0.

54

0.56

0.

48

0.50

0.53

0.56

0.42

0.67

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

112

34

118

119

133

34

115

127

103

134

0 20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit I

njur

ies

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

This

gra

ph re

pres

ents

fata

litie

s re

sulti

ng

from

Col

lisio

ns (

with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[n

ot su

icid

es])

, Der

ailm

ents

(veh

icle

der

aile

d/le

ft ro

adw

ay),

and

thos

e Pe

rson

al C

asua

lties

(on

right

of

way

, ins

ide

the

vehi

cle,

ent

erin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in o

ther

non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s)

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e op

erat

ion

of tr

ansi

t veh

icle

s. Th

is

rate

can

be

com

pare

d to

the

stra

tegi

c go

al fo

r tra

nsit

fata

litie

s per

100

,00,

000

pass

enge

r mile

s set

by

the

GPR

A.

In 2

003,

the

goal

of 0

.487

1 w

as re

ache

d, a

s th

e re

al ra

te w

as 0

.419

8.

The

stat

istic

s to

the

left

repr

esen

t inj

urie

s re

sulti

ng

from

Col

lisio

ns (w

ith v

ehic

les,

obje

cts,

peop

le

[not

suic

ides

]), D

erai

lmen

ts (v

ehic

le d

erai

led/

left

road

way

), an

d th

ose

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f w

ay, i

nsid

e th

e ve

hicl

e, e

nter

ing/

exiti

ng th

e ve

hicl

e, a

nd in

oth

er n

on-s

tatio

n/no

n-pa

rkin

g ar

eas)

as

soci

ated

with

the

oper

atio

n of

tran

sit v

ehic

les.

32

Bus

Fat

aliti

es

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

0.50

0.46

0.

50

0.56

0.63

0.49

0.59

0.55

0.42

0.61

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Rai

l Fat

aliti

es

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r 0.5

20.

51

0.74

0.53

0.44

0.

35

0.63

0.46

0.

470.

48

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

The

stat

istic

s to

the

left

repr

esen

t bus

fata

litie

s re

sulti

ng fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[not

suic

ides

]), D

erai

lmen

ts (v

ehic

le le

ft ro

adw

ay),

and

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f w

ay, i

nsid

e th

e ve

hicl

e, e

nter

ing/

exiti

ng th

e ve

hicl

e,

and

in o

ther

non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s).

This

gra

ph sh

ows r

ail f

atal

ities

resu

lting

fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[n

ot su

icid

es])

, Der

ailm

ents

(veh

icle

der

aile

d/le

ft ro

adw

ay),

and

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, in

side

the

vehi

cle,

ent

erin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in

oth

er n

on-s

tatio

n/no

n-pa

rkin

g ar

eas)

.

Fatalities by Mode and Year

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

MB DR CR HR LR AG VP

Fatalities by Mode and Year

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 MB 82 101 109 109 102 90 95 78 87 DR 6 11 7 4 1 8 5 0 4 CR 92 72 79 94 95 87 87 116 77 HR 79 74 77 54 84 80 59 73 49 LR 15 6 3 23 17 30 21 13 17 AG 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 VP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 274 264 275 286 299 295 267 280 234

33

Tran

sit I

njur

ies

from

All

Cau

ses

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

s

737

221

720

226

680

630

766

678

797

793

0

200

400

600

800

1,00

0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit F

atal

ities

fro

m C

ollis

ions

, Sui

cide

s, a

nd P

erso

nal C

asua

lties

pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

0.50

0.41

0.

46

0.26

0.

29

0.45

0.43

0.49

0.50

0.18

3

0.15

0 0.

178

0.11

10.

116

0.11

8

0.18

20.

151

0.04

3 0.

015

0.03

0 0.

017

0.01

4 0.

069

0.03

4

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Tran

sit C

ollis

ion

Fata

litie

s (n

o su

icid

e)

Tran

sit S

uici

de F

atal

ities

Par

king

and

Sta

tion/

Sto

p P

C F

atal

ities

34

This

gra

ph d

epic

ts th

e tre

nd fo

r the

fata

lity

rate

fr

om C

ollis

ions

(not

incl

udin

g su

icid

es) a

lone

, th

e tre

nd fo

r tot

al tr

ansi

t sui

cide

s, an

d th

e tre

nd

for f

atal

ities

from

Per

sona

l Cas

ualit

ies

(in p

arki

ng

lots

and

stat

ions

/sto

ps o

nly)

.

This

gra

ph d

epic

ts th

e tre

nd fo

r the

inju

ry ra

te

from

all

caus

es (e

xcep

t sui

cide

s), i

.e.,

Col

lisio

ns,

Der

ailm

ents

, Per

sona

l Cas

ualti

es, E

vacu

atio

ns,

and

Fire

s.

35

224

233

256

249

225

66

65

223

242

204

0 50

100

150

200

250

300

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Bus

Inju

ries

per 1

00,0

00,0

00 P

asse

nger

Mile

s by

Yea

r

10

28

26

10

26

32

25

24

32

24

0 5 10

15

20

25

30

35

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

Rai

l Inj

urie

s pe

r 100

,000

,000

Pas

seng

er M

iles

by Y

ear

The

stat

istic

s to

the

left

repr

esen

t bus

inju

ries

re

sulti

ng fr

om C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[not

suic

ides

]), D

erai

lmen

ts (v

ehic

le le

ft ro

adw

ay),

and

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f w

ay, i

nsid

e th

e ve

hicl

e, e

nter

ing/

exiti

ng th

e ve

hicl

e, a

nd in

oth

er n

on-s

tatio

n/no

n-pa

rkin

g ar

eas)

.

Thes

e st

atis

tics r

epre

sent

rail

inju

ries

resu

lting

from

C

ollis

ions

(with

veh

icle

s, ob

ject

s, pe

ople

[not

su

icid

es])

, Der

ailm

ents

, and

Per

sona

l Cas

ualti

es (o

n rig

ht o

f way

, ins

ide

the

vehi

cle,

ent

erin

g/ex

iting

the

vehi

cle,

and

in o

ther

non

-sta

tion/

non-

park

ing

area

s).

Pers

onal

Cas

ualti

es th

at o

ccur

in st

atio

ns a

nd p

arki

ng

faci

litie

s are

not

par

t of t

his m

easu

re b

ecau

se th

ey a

re

not g

ener

ally

cau

sed

by th

e op

erat

ion

of ra

il ve

hicl

es.

Injuriesby Mode and Year

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

MB DR CR HR LR AG VP

Injuries by Mode and Year

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 MB 41,297 39,709 39,181 41,035 41,221 40,925 38,840 11,995 11,493 DR 935 882 1,121 1,064 1,345 1,736 1,374 347 401 CR 2,374 1,953 2,388 1,677 1,761 1,783 1,813 1,483 1,597 HR 11,238 11,093 12,285 11,059 9,665 10,848 10,641 4,806 4,158 LR 1,319 1,604 1,087 1,076 1,271 1,338 1,201 557 539 AG 8 20 16 12 21 15 36 28 29 VP 25 27 54 67 41 52 40 44 18 Total 57,196 55,288 56,132 55,990 55,325 56,697 53,945 19,260 18,235

36

37

Ente

ring/

Exiti

ng th

e Tr

ansi

t Veh

icle

*In

jurie

sby

Yea

r 12

,000

10,4

00

10,0

00

8,72

0

8,10

4 8,

046

7,93

0

7,86

4 7,

512

8,00

0

7,31

9

6,00

0

4,00

0

2,64

4 2,

000

2,36

8

0

1994

19

95

1996

19

97

1998

19

99

2000

20

01

2002

20

03

* Th

is is

a s

ub-c

ateg

ory

of P

erso

nal C

asua

lties

.It

incl

udes

figu

res

asso

ciat

ed w

ith L

ifts.

Lift

Inju

ries

Whi

le E

nter

ing/

Exi

ting

the

Tran

sit V

ehic

le*

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