Number of public transit incidents in the U.S. 2010-2022
In 2022, the number of incidents reported throughout the public transit networks in the U.S. amounted to 20,756 events, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent. In the past decade, the number of transit incidents peaked in 2016 at 23,877 occurrences and reached an all-time low amid the pandemic in 2020 at a record of 16,917.