The time line shows the number of U.S. transportation-related occupational fatalities from 1992 to 2010. In 2000, 2,573 transportation-related occupational fatalities occurred in the United States.
Total number of U.S. transportation-related* occupational fatalities from 1992 to 2010
Characteristic
All occupational fatalities
Transportation-related fatalities
2010
4,547
1,776
2009
4,551
1,795
2008
5,214
2,130
2007
5,657
2,351
2006
5,840
2,459
2005
5,734
2,493
2004
5,764
2,490
2003
5,575
2,364
2002
5,534
2,385
2001
5,915
2,524
2000
5,920
2,573
1999
6,054
2,618
1998
6,055
2,645
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Based on the 1992 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.
Data do not include fatalities from the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 which totaled 2,886.
* Highway, nonhighway, aircraft, pedestrian struck by vehicle, water vehicle, and railway. The categories do not define the types of jobs people had, nor the industries in which they worked. The categories define the ways in which they died. For example, a representative travelling for business reasons who is killed in a rail accident would be listed under rail.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics, & RITA. (April 26, 2012). Total number of U.S. transportation-related* occupational fatalities from 1992 to 2010 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186493/us-transportation-related-occupational-fatalities-since-1992/
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