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Table 2-6: Hazardous Materials Fatalities, Injuries, Accidents, and Property Damage Data

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  1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
TOTAL fatalities 27 19 8 8 10 16 15 11 7 120 12 13 9 16 (R) 12 9 (R) 15 13
Accident-related 21 14 7 7 10 15 14 11 6 7 10 8 7 11 (R) 8 8 (R) 9 12
Air fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway fatalities 27 17 8 8 10 16 15 11 7 8 12 13 9 16 (R) 9 8 (R) 15 10
Accident-related 21 12 7 7 10 15 14 11 6 5 10 8 7 11 (R) 8 7 (R) 9 9
Rail fatalities 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 (R) 3 1 0 3
Accident-related 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Watera fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otherb fatalities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL injured persons 648 626 253 423 439 604 627 577 400 1,175 221 195 264 251 168 (R) 136 (R) 119 289
Accident-related 168 47 16 18 40 98 62 111 18 864 16 13 15 16 12 (R) 15 (R) 16 95
Air injured persons 5 8 4 39 31 23 50 57 33 33 24 20 12 5 13 4 1 12
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Highway injured persons 527 493 195 311 333 465 511 425 296 216 152 151 217 164 (R) 109 (R) 118 (R) 105 156
Accident-related 156 43 9 9 27 34 61 95 14 22 11 9 15 15 12 14 (R) 16 11
Rail injured persons 99 121 53 73 75 116 66 95 71 926 45 22 35 82 (R) 46 14 13 121
Accident-related 12 4 7 9 13 64 1 16 4 842 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 84
Watera injured persons 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otherb injured persons 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL incidents 10,951 15,719 6,019 8,879 9,110 9,393 12,838 16,105 14,853 14,077 14,070 15,497 17,616 (R) 17,557 (R) 17,794 (R) 15,117 (R) 15,162 14,740
Accident-related 440 486 364 297 303 283 266 296 303 335 318 316 371 390 (R) 412 355 (R) 341 281
Air incidents 147 223 114 297 299 414 622 931 817 925 1,031 1,386 1,582 1,419 (R) 1,083 (R) 732 (R) 751 995
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
Highway incidents 10,063 14,161 4,752 7,296 7,644 7,843 11,095 14,011 12,869 12,034 11,932 13,111 14,953 (R) 15,063 (R) 15,806 (R) 13,505 (R) 13,599 12,977
Accident-related 330 347 302 249 249 245 217 244 253 292 264 264 307 327 (R) 356 313 (R) 299 233
Rail incidents 694 1,271 842 1,279 1,155 1,128 1,113 1,157 1,155 1,112 1,102 989 1,073 1,058 899 (R) 870 (R) 802 753
Accident-related 109 134 61 48 54 36 49 52 50 43 53 50 64 62 54 41 42 48
Watera incidents 28 34 7 7 12 8 8 6 12 6 5 11 8 17 6 10 10 15
Accident-related 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otherb incidents 19 30 304 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL property damage (current $ thousands)c 8,090 10,829 22,993 32,353 38,351 36,229 22,817 44,196 30,900 46,849 33,534 (R) 46,191 (R) 65,369 78,009 (R) 69,443 (R) 54,074 (R) 53,602 52,587
Accident-related 6,051 6,236 20,268 24,792 30,184 28,708 13,179 25,552 23,602 37,775 25,318 (R) 36,807 (R) 51,690 61,720 (R) 56,546 (R) 37,005 (R) 40,824 36,850
Air property damage 8.9 12.3 12.3 142 77 99 88 178 100 87 336 267 286 272 309 109 100 189
Accident-related 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 50 60 0 0
Highway property damage 5,584 7,324 12,690 20,190 29,650 24,130 19,866 25,253 22,141 29,257 24,741 28,669 34,359 50,907 (R) 47,738 (R) 43,972 (R) 49,114 39,236
Accident-related 3,694 3,782 10,175 14,132 23,953 18,350 11,263 13,539 16,342 22,315 17,871 21,489 23,065 37,700 (R) 36,404 (R) 29,421 (R) 37,650 26,647
Rail property damage 2,488 2,952 10,274 11,952 8,469 11,857 2,649 18,673 8,485 17,385 8,418 (R) 16,241 (R) 30,663 26,547 21,248 (R) 9,745 (R) 4,126 11,636
Accident-related 2,357 2,357 10,094 10,660 6,231 10,233 1,916 12,014 7,260 15,460 7,446 (R) 15,319 28,624 23,978 20,092 (R) 7,524 3,175 10,203
Watera property damage 6.1 505 3.2 70 154 143 213 92 174 120 38 1,015 61 283 147 248 261 1,526
Accident-related 0 81 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otherb property damage 3.5 35 14.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accident-related 0.3 15.6 <0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KEY: R = revised.

a Water category only includes nonbulk marine. Bulk marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.

b Other category includes freight forwarders and modes not otherwise specified.

c Property damage under $30,000 is reported to the nearest $100. Property damage $30,000 or greater is reported to the nearest $1,000, therefore the total may not equal the sum.

NOTE

Hazardous materials transportation incidents required to be reported are defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49 CFR 171.15, 171.16 (Form F 5800.1). Hazardous materials deaths and injuries are caused by the hazardous material in commerce.

SOURCES

1975-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazardous Materials Information System Database, 1999.

1990: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/10yearfrm.htm, as of May 2, 2000.

1991: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/hazmat/10year/10yearfrm.htm as of May 14, 2001.

1992: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/hazmat/10year/10yearfrm.htm as of August 21, 2002.

1993: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/hazmat/10year/10yearfrm.htm as of June 2, 2003.

1994: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/hazmat/10year/10yearfrm.htm as of June 14, 2004.

1995-2004: Ibid., Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/data/tenyr_accd.pdf as of Nov. 15, 2005.