§Over 100
fatalities with thousands of injuries annually
§Less than 1% of total traffic crash casualties, but often the front-page news
§
Bullet #1 is based on a 2007 study by Booz Allen Hamilton
for FTA Assessing the Business Case for Integrated Collision Avoidance
Systems on Transit Buses.
Bullets #2 and #3 are statistics based on FARS (Fatality
Analysis Reporting System) maintained by NHTSA.
Bottom Line: Transit is VERY SAFE, compared to other
modes of transportation.
Bar Graph:
passenger fatality rate 2003 2008
source: APTA Fact Book 2011 (as of 08/30/2012, 2012 Fact
Book not released yet)
