Number of public transit accidents in the U.S. 2010-2022
In 2022, the number of accidents reported throughout the public transit networks in the U.S. amounted to 6746, up by over 12 percent from the year 2021. The year 2020 experienced a significant drop in the number of accidents following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. In the past decade, the number of transit accidents peaked in 2016 at 7,308.