The bar chart compares the change in the how many incidents and injuries for every 100 million pessenger miles travelled (PMT) through sort of transportation. The date presented relate to the year 2002.
Overall, while the demand response vehicle saw the highest trend for incidents and injuries, the reverse was true for commuter rail. It is clear that all transportation type of injuries were lower than that of incidents.
In 2002, demand response transportation had the highest incident rate, with 225 PMT (per 100 million passenger miles traveled). Buses and light rail ranked second in the study, both recording 76 PMT. Heavy rail followed with 51 PMT, while commuter rail had approximately half that of heavy rail, with 20 PMT.
Injuries caused by demand response vehicles had the highest rate, similar to incidents, with 173 PMT. Buses followed with 66 PMT, making them more dangerous than light rail, which recorded 39 PMT. Injuries from heavy rail and commuter rail were lower than the others, with respective figures of 35 PMT and 17 PMT.
