1999 Hazardous Materials Incident Data

Incident Summaries By (pdf files 3 to 65 KB)

• Bulk Container
• Cause of Incident
• Cause by Mode
• Hazard Class
• Hazard Class (descending)
• Community Type
• Classification of Casualty
• Land Use at Incident Site
• Rank by Incidents, Fatalities, Injuries, and Damages
• Result of Incident
• Transp. Phase

Incident by State for: (pdf files 3 to 65KB)

• Air Incidents
• Highway Incidents
• Rail Incidents
• Water Incidents
• Total Incidents
• Total Incidents (descending order)

Serious Incidents:

(Original Definition) (pdf files 3 to 65KB)

• Cause by Mode
• Hazard Class
• Hazard Class (descending)
• Incident by State

Serious Incidents:

(New Definition) (pdf files 3 to 65KB)

• Cause by Mode
• Hazard Class
• Hazard Class (descending)
• Incident by State

Note: Starting with reporting on 2002 incidents, PHMSA is using a new definition of "serious incident". In the "Serious Incidents (New Definition)" report, years prior to 2002 are also based on this new definition. The "Serious Incidents (Original Definition)" report provides the 1992-2001 serious incidents based on the original definition.

Incident Report Form 5800.1 Data
The following files contain the Incident Report Form 5800.1 data submitted under the requirements of Title 49 CFR 171.15 and 171.16 for calendar year 2003.

The incident data are contained within three files. These files are provided as self extracting executables (*.exe) for IBM compatible machines and as zip files (*.zip) for MacIntosh machines.

NOTE: IBM compatible machines can read both *.exe and *.zip files.

IBM compatible

• 1999mat.exe (2,597KB) - Incident and Material Information. (Sections I - VI of Form 5800.1).
• 1999con.exe (638KB) - Packaging Information (Sections VII and VIII of Form 5800.1).
• 1999rmk.exe (1,586KB) - Description of Events (Section IX of Form 5800.1).

MacIntosh

• 1999mat.zip (2,582KB) - Incident and Material Information. (Sections I - VI of Form 5800.1).
• 1999con.zip (623KB) - Packaging Information (Sections VII and VIII of Form 5800.1).
• 1999rmk.zip (1,571KB) - Description of Events (Section IX of Form 5800.1).

1998-2003 Hazardous Materials Incidents Summary View the1998-2003 Hazardous Materials Incidents Summary, including charts, graphs, and maps or download the Hazmat summary and all exhibits.

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