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Table 2-8: Reporting Thresholds for Property Damage by U.S. Department of
Transportation Modal Administrations
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Federal Aviation Administration |
More than $25,000 damage to property other than the aircraft. |
Federal Highway Administration |
None; each state defines its own threshold and FHWA collects state reports. |
Federal Railroad Administration |
More than $6,700 in damages to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track,
track structures, and roadbed for accidents other than at grade-crossings. No threshold for
grade-crossing accidents. |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
None; property-damage-only crashes are recorded through the General
Estimates System, a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes of all severities. |
Federal Transit Administration |
More than $7,500. |
Research and Special Programs Administration |
More than $50,000 for gas pipelines. More than $50,000 for hazardous liquid pipelines. |
U. S. Coast Guard |
More than $25,000 for commercial vessels. More than $2,000 or complete
loss of vessel for recreational boats. |
SOURCES
Federal Aviation Administration: 49 CFR 830.5 (as of Oct. 1, 2003).
Federal Highway Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, personal communication, 1997.
Federal Railroad Administration: 49 CFR 225.19 (as of Oct.1, 2003).
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2001, DOT HS 809 337 (Washington, DC: 2001).
Federal Transit Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration,
National Transit Database, Safety and Security Reporting Manual (Washington, DC: 2003), available
at Internet site
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/ntdhome.nsf/docs/sshome as of Jan. 19, 2003.
Research and Special Programs Administration:
Gas pipeline: 49 CFR 191.3 (as of Oct. 1, 2003).
Hazardous liquid pipelines: 49 CFR 195.50 (as of Oct. 1, 2003).
U.S. Coast Guard:
Commercial shipping: 46 CFR 4.05-1 (as of Oct. 1, 2003).
Recreational boating: 33 CFR 173.55 (as of July 1, 2003).
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