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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
TOTAL fatalities	27	19	8	8	10	16	15	11	7	120	12	13	^R10	^R15	7
Accident-related	21	14	7	7	10	15	14	11	6	7	10	8	^R8	^R10	6
Air fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	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	^R10	^R15	7
Accident-related	21	12	7	7	10	15	14	11	6	5	10	8	^R8	^R10	6
Rail fatalities	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	^R0	0
Accident-related	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Water^a fatalities	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
Other^b fatalities	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
TOTAL injured persons	648	626	253	423	439	604	627	577	400	1,175	^R221	^R195	^R263	^R248	135
Accident-related	168	47	16	18	40	98	62	111	18	864	16	^R13	^R15	16	8
Air injured persons	5	8	4	39	31	23	50	57	33	33	24	20	12	^R5	13
Accident-related	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	^R152	^R151	^R216	^R161	93
Accident-related	156	43	9	9	27	34	61	95	14	22	11	^R9	^R15	15	8
Rail injured persons	99	121	53	73	75	116	66	95	71	926	45	22	35	82	29
Accident-related	12	4	7	9	13	64	1	16	4	842	5	4	0	1	0
Water^a injured persons	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other^binjured persons	15	3	1	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
TOTAL incidents	10,951	15,719	6,019	8,879	9,110	^R9,393	^R12,838	16,087	^R14,742	^R13,952	^R14,001	^R15,500	^R17,657	^R17,583	17,557
Accident-related	440	486	364	297	303	283	264	295	^R295	^R333	^R313	^R318	^R367	^R382	351
Air incidents	147	223	114	297	299	^R414	622	929	^R813	^R918	^R1,029	^R1,386	^R1,583	^R1,420	1,077
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	^R2	0	1	1
Highway incidents	10,063	14,161	4,752	7,296	7,644	^R7,843	^R11,095	13,995	12,764	^R11,916	^R11,864	^R13,111	^R14,992	^R15,093	15,582
Accident-related	330	347	302	249	249	245	215	243	^R245	^R290	^R259	^R265	^R303	^R319	297
Rail incidents	694	1,271	842	1,279	1,155	^R1,128	^R1,113	1,157	1,153	1,112	1,103	989	^R1,074	^R1,053	894
Accident-related	109	134	61	48	54	36	49	52	50	43	^R53	51	^R64	62	53
Water^a incidents	28	34	7	7	12	8	8	6	12	6	5	^R14	8	^R17	4
Accident-related	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other^bincidents	19	30	304	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
TOTAL property damage (current $ thousands)^c	8,090	10,829	22,993	32,353	38,351	^R36,229	^R22,817	44,185	30,903	46,849	33,450	^R46,259	^R63,280	^R76,753	61,296
Accident-related	6,051	6,236	20,268	24,792	30,184	^R28,708	^R13,133	25,542	^R23,528	^R37,753	25,125	^R36,931	^R49,697	^R60,805	50,040
Air property damage	8.9	12.3	12.3	142	77	99	88	178	101	87	336	267	286	272	310
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	50
Highway property damage	5,584	7,324	12,690	20,190	29,650	^R24,130	^R19,866	25,243	22,144	29,257	24,720	^R28,614	^R32,327	^R49,678	39,942
Accident-related	3,694	3,782	10,175	14,132	23,953	^R18,350	^R11,217	13,528	^R16,268	^R22,293	17,786	^R21,489	^R21,129	^R36,785	30,097
Rail property damage	2,488	2,952	10,274	11,952	8,469	^R11,857	^R2,649	18,673	8,485	17,385	8,356	16,364	^R30,607	^R26,520	21,020
Accident-related	2,357	2,357	10,094	10,660	6,231	^R10,233	1,916	12,014	7,260	15,460	7,339	15,442	^R28,568	23,978	19,892
Water^a property damage	6.1	505	3.2	70	154	143	213	92	174	120	38	1,015	61	^R283	25
Accident-related	0	81	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other^bproperty damage	3.5	35	14.4	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

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.

1992-2001: Ibid. Internet site http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/hazmat/10year/10yearfrm.htm as of Aug. 21, 2002.