Despite an overall decrease in U.S. transportation fatalities from 2009
to 2010 (35,994 in 2009 to 34,925 in 2010), data from National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB) show a rise in several categories of fatalities, including
motorcycles, medium and heavy trucks, buses, rail and pipeline.
“Though NTSB continues to advocate for changes to address human
factors, equipment and infrastructure improvements to prevent crashes, we
continue to see far too many deaths each year,” says NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman.
Tables and
charts with
detailed statistics may be found on NTSB’s website.
