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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 $6,600 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 $1,000 to transit vehicles. |
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 for recreational
boats. |
SOURCES
Federal Aviation Administration: 49 CFR 830.5 (as of Oct. 1, 2001).
Federal Highway Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, personal communication, 1997.
Federal Railroad Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report
2000 (Washington, DC: July 2001).
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000,
DOT HS 809 337 (Washington, DC: 2001).
Federal Transit Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Transit Administration, Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS)
Annual Report 1999, DOT-FTA-MA-26-5011-00-1 (Washington, DC: 2000).
Research and Special Programs Administration:
Gas pipeline: 49 CFR 191.3 (as of Oct. 1, 2001).
Oil pipeline: 49 CFR 195.50 (as of Oct. 1, 2001).
U.S. Coast Guard:
Commercial shipping: 46 CFR 4.05-1 (as of Oct. 1, 2001).
Recreational boating: 33 CFR 173.55 (as of July 2, 2001).
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