Number of public transit fatalities in the U.S. 2010-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 23, 2023
In 2021, the number of fatalities reported throughout the public transit networks in the U.S. amounted to 322 deaths, a year-over-year increase of around eleven percent. This represented the highest number of fatalities in U.S. public transportation in the past decade. In 2020, fatalities remained high despite the COVID-19 movement restrictions which brought the transit ridership to a historic low.

Number of fatalities on public transportation systems in the United States from 2010 to 2021

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Release date

February 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Special properties

includes fatalities in incidents and accidents*.

Supplementary notes

* 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.

Figures exclude data for cable cars, inclined planes, jitneys, aerial tramways, and ferry boats.
*Date released is date accessed

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