2-6,,,,, "Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990–2007",,,,, ,R1990,2000,R2005,R2006,2007 Highway,"7,297 ","15,063 ","13,461 ","17,155 ","16,876 " Accident related,249 ,329 ,322 ,305 ,301 Injuries,311 ,164 ,179 ,192 ,155 Fatalities,8 ,16 ,24 ,6 ,10 Rail,"1,279 ","1,058 ",745 ,704 ,747 Accident related,48 ,62 ,51 ,44 ,52 Injuries,73 ,82 ,693 ,24 ,53 Fatalities,0 ,0 ,10 ,0 ,0 Air,297 ,"1,419 ","1,654 ","2,411 ","1,552 " Accident related,0 ,3 ,9 ,7 ,7 Injuries,39 ,5 ,78 ,2 ,8 Fatalities,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 Water,7 ,17 ,69 ,68 ,61 Accident related,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 Injuries,0 ,0 ,0 ,15 ,3 Fatalities,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 Pipeline,1990,2000,2005,2006,2007 Liquid,180 ,146 ,138 ,119 ,115 Injuries,7 ,4 ,2 ,2 ,10 Fatalities,3 ,1 ,2 ,0 ,4 Natural gas distribution,110 ,154 ,171 ,141 ,153 Injuries,52 ,59 ,39 ,26 ,36 Fatalities,6 ,22 ,14 ,16 ,9 Natural gas transmission,89 ,80 ,181 ,146 ,133 Injuries,17 ,18 ,7 ,5 ,7 Fatalities,0 ,15 ,0 ,3 ,2 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.",,,,, "Natural gas distribution total are revised for 1990. Highway injuries, rail injuries, liquid pipeline total, and natural gas distribution total and injuries dare are revised for 2005. The data for highway accident, air total, liquid pipeline total, natural gas distribution total and injuries, and natural gas transmission total are revised in 2006.",,,,, "Sources: Highway, Rail, Air and Water—USDOT, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Hazardous Materials Information System Database, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/data/2007/2007frm.htm as of October 2008. Pipeline—USDOT, PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Statistics, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of October 2008.",,,,,