In 2022, the number of incidents reported throughout the public transit networks in the U.S. amounted to 20,756 events, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent. In the past decade, the number of transit incidents peaked in 2016 at 23,877 occurrences and reached an all-time low amid the pandemic in 2020 at a record of 16,917.
Number of incidents on the public transportation systems in the United States from 2010 to 2022
* According to the source, accidents include collisions with other vehicles, objects, and people (except suicides), and derailments/buses going off the road. Incidents include accidents plus personal casualties (inside vehicles, inside stations, and boarding and alighting vehicle) and fires.
The figures do not include data for cable car, inclined plane, jitney, aerial tramway, and ferry boat.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (January 23, 2024). Number of incidents on the public transportation systems in the United States from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295733/number-incidents-public-transit-us/
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