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August 29, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Public Transportation Safety and Security Statistics  

Fires by Mode

Fires by Mode (b)

FISCAL YEAR

AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY

COMMUTER RAIL

PARATRANSIT (a)

HEAVY RAIL

LIGHT RAIL

BUS (a)

VANPOOL (a)

TOTAL

1993

0

540

10

4,452

75

218

1

5,296

1994

1

715

12

4,117

67

346

1

5,259

1995

1

544

6

3,201

50

298

2

4,102

1996

4

503

16

3,154

106

256

0

4,039

1997

0

602

10

3,253

83

240

0

4,188

1998

2

590

6

2,811

85

325

1

3,820

1999

0

547

20

2,578

77

282

1

3,505

2000

1

118

29

2,278

67

296

0

2,789

2001

0

181

23

2,339

133

384

0

3,060

2002

1

15

19

1,710

21

194

0

1,960

2003

4

18

5

1,561

40

161

1

1,790

2004 P

2

11

7

1,616

22

168

0

1,826

2004 % of Total

0.1%

0.6%

0.4%

88.5%

1.2%

9.2%

0.0%

100.0%

Source: Federal Transit Administration, Safety and Security Statistics. Data reported include about 560 of the largest transit agencies.
(a) Data may significantly understate total since data for urbanized areas under 200,000 population not reported by the FTA comprises a significant portion of these modes.

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