Safety
U.S. passenger fatalities per billion passenger-miles, 2002-2007 | |||
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Mode | Passenger fatalities |
Passenger-miles (millions) |
Passenger fatalities per billion passenger miles |
Passenger car | 127,124 | 15,958,620 M | 7.97 |
Light rail | 79 | 9,980 M | 7.92 |
Motor bus | 399 | 117,982 M | 3.38 |
Commuter rail | 105 | 59,736 M | 1.76 |
Heavy rail (subway) | 106 | 86,900 M | 1.22 |
Railroad (intercity) | 36 | 33,234 M | 1.08 |
Airline | 113 | 3,326,286 M | 0.03 |
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