Portland's Light Rail Death Rate per 100 million passenger-miles

1987-2000

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2001-2006

Totals (1987-2006)
year passenger-miles deaths
1986 1
1987 35,046,300
1988 38,214,000
1989 35,934,000
1990 40,118,400 1
1991 43,598,400 2
1992 45,637,680 2
1993 45,215,760
1994 44,307,000
1995 46,538,760
1996 48,704,880
1997 52,971,480
1998 56,647,320 1
1999 100,859,280 4
2000 119,585,640
Total 753,378,900 11

Death Rate: 11 / 7.53 = 1.46
Motor Vehicle = 0.58
MAX death rate is 252%
above motor vehicles
year passenger-miles deaths
2001 125,877,480 2
2002 144,919,080 2
2003 142,094,976 1
2004 158,275,716 1
2005 172,368,000 1
2006 169,552,280 1
Total 913,087,532 8

Death Rate: 8/ 9.13= 0.88
Motor Vehicle = 0.38
MAX death rate is 232%
above motor vehicles
year passenger-miles deaths
1987-2000 753,378,900 11
2001-2006 913,087,532 8
Total 1,666,466,432 19

Death Rate: 19/ 16.66= 1.14
Motor Vehicle = 0.46
MAX death rate is 248%
above motor vehicles