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Table 2-6
Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents
Excel | CSV
| Highway |
7,297 |
12,869 |
15,063 |
R13101 |
13,344 |
| Accident related |
249 |
253 |
R329 |
R283 |
304 |
| Injuries |
311 |
296 |
164 |
R158 |
171 |
| Fatalities |
8 |
7 |
16 |
R14 |
24 |
| Rail |
1,279 |
1,155 |
1,058 |
R773 |
738 |
| Accident related |
48 |
50 |
62 |
R47 |
50 |
| Injuries |
73 |
71 |
82 |
R122 |
685 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
| Air |
297 |
817 |
1,419 |
995 |
1,654 |
| Accident related |
0 |
0 |
R3 |
0 |
9 |
| Injuries |
39 |
33 |
5 |
R11 |
78 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Water |
7 |
12 |
17 |
R17 |
68 |
| Accident related |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pipeline
| Liquid |
180 |
188 |
146 |
R142 |
137 |
| Injuries |
7 |
11 |
4 |
R16 |
2 |
| Fatalities |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| Natural gas
distribution |
109 |
97 |
154 |
R175 |
172 |
| Injuries |
52 |
43 |
59 |
41 |
38 |
| Fatalities |
6 |
16 |
22 |
18 |
14 |
| Natural gas
transmission |
89 |
64 |
80 |
R122 |
182 |
| Injuries |
17 |
10 |
18 |
3 |
7 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
2 |
15 |
R0 |
0 |
Key: R = Revised
Notes: Accident related
excludes human errors, package failures, and unreported cases. Water data are
for incidents involving packaged materials only and do not include incidents
where the vessel is the container (e.g., a barge or oil tanker). Nonpipeline
reporting requirements changed in 2002.
Sources: USDOT, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), Hazardous Materials Information System Database. 1990 data-available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/biennial/96_97biennial.rpt.pdf, as of December
2005. 1995-2005 data-available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/data/2005/2005frm.htm, as of August 2006. Pipeline data-USDOT,
PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm, as of August 2006.
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