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Spokane Transit Authority

· Spokane, WA · NTD ID 00002

Spokane Transit Authority reported 186 major safety and security events across 2014-2026, in which 3 people died. Against the service it actually delivered, that is 2.77 events per million vehicle revenue miles - worse than 50 of the 108 agencies big enough to rank, and 1.16x better than the national rate.

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Events per million miles
2.77
#58 of 108 agencies · national 3.21 · median 2.88
Events, all years
186
#84 nationally by raw count · 2014-2026
People killed
3
110 injured, 0 seriously
Service driven
30M
vehicle revenue miles, 2022-2024 · 84 events in that window
Its rate on a scale ending at the worst agency in the country (New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, 12.54). The tick is the national rate (3.21).
Who died on this system
  • Waiting or boarding 2
  • People on the road 1

Mutually exclusive victim classes, summing to 3. Trespasser deaths are an overlay on these, not an extra row.

Its events, by year

2014: 10 → 2025: 20 · peak 34

2026 excluded - it is a partial year.

Assaults on its workers

No transit worker assaults recorded on this system.

What it runs
  • Fixed-Route Bus 158
  • Other Non-Rail 28

Share of its events by mode. Mode mix moves a rate: street-running light rail generates several times the events per mile that suburban bus does, so read this beside the rate above.