Statistical Terms Glossary

Unit of measurement representing the transport of one passenger by inland waterways over one kilometre.

Passenger-kilometres expressed as a percentage of available seat-kilometres.

A port with facilities to embark and disembark passengers. Such ports may also provide services such as water and electricity supply, clearance of waste, etc.

Railway vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, even if it comprises one or more compartments or spaces specially reserved for luggage, parcels, mail, etc.

A road motor vehicle, exclusively designed or primarily, to carry one or more persons.

A road vehicle designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry one or more persons.

The total number of passenger seats available for sale on a means of transport between the origin and destination of the trip.

Ship designed specifically to carry more than 12 fare-paying passengers whether berthed or unberthed.

The number of authorized standing places available in a passenger vehicle when performing the service for which it is intended.

Train station for passenger traffic, equipped with specific facilities for the access of the passengers and providing related services.

The sum of the products obtained by multiplying the number of sea passengers carried on each journey by the port-to-port distance.

Train station for passenger traffic, equipped with specific facilities for the access of passengers and providing related services.

Unit of measurement representing the movement of one passenger carried in a given mode of transport (road, rail, air, sea, inland waterways) over one kilometre.

Unit of measure representing the transport of one sea passenger over one kilometre.

A passenger-kilometre is performed when a passenger is carried for one kilometre.

A passenger-kilometre is offered when one unit of passenger capacity is sailed one kilometre.

Unit of measure representing the movement of one authorized passenger carrying capacity in a seagoing vessel over one kilometre.

The sum of the products obtained by multiplying the number of passengers carried on each flight stage by the airport-to-airport distance.

The product of multiplying the number of passengers flown between two airports as initial origin and fi nal destination by the airport-to-airport distance.

The passenger-kilometres offered is determined by the authorized passenger capacity of the means of transport and the origin-to-destination distance (in kilometres) for all journeys.

Passenger-kilometres performed is obtained by multiplying the number of passengers carried in a given mode of transport by the origin-to-destination distance in kilometres for all journeys.

Includes all passengers whose journey begins or terminates at the reporting airport.

The number of passengers on board a merchant ship or aircraft or road vehicle or train upon the departure from the origin of the trip and on arrival at the destination.

The total number of people transported by buses operating on various itineraries except the driver

Include Private Cars, Taxis, Motorcycles, and Buses.

A level crossing without any form of warning system or protection activated when it is unsafe for the user to traverse the crossing. Sometimes also referred to as passive grade crossing.

Road surfaced with crushed stone (macadam), and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete or cobblestone.

Passenger holding a ticket which has been paid for.

The revenue load of passengers, baggage, freight and mail carried as measured in metric tonnes.

A person (pedestrian) involved in an injury accident other than a passenger or driver.