The bar chart illustrates the number of travellers who experienced incidents and injuries across different modes of transport in 2002. The units are measured per 100 million passenger miles travelled (PMT).
Overall, the highest number of incidents occurred in bus and light rail, which had identical figures, while buses recorded the highest number of injuries. Commuter rail had the lowest number of both incidents and injuries. Demand response services showed a significantly higher rate of incidents than injuries.
In terms of incidents, bus and light rail reported the same figure, at 76 PMT each. Heavy rail followed with 51 PMT, while commuter rail had the fewest incidents, at only 20 PMT. The highest number of incidents was seen in demand response transport, with 225 PMT.
Regarding injuries, buses again ranked first, with 66 PMT. Light rail and heavy rail had comparable figures, with 39 PMT and 35 PMT, respectively. Commuter rail remained the lowest, recording just 17 PMT. Meanwhile, demand response services also showed a high number of injuries at 173 PMT, although this was noticeably lower than its incident rate.
