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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 $7,700 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. |
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
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 Nov. 23, 2007).
Federal Highway Administration: U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, personal
communication, Dec 2007.
Federal Railroad Administration: 49 CFR 225.19 (as of Nov.23, 2007).
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2005, DOT HS 809 775 (Washington, DC: 2005).
Federal Transit Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration, National Transit Database, Safety
and Security Reporting Manual (Washington,
DC: 2004), Internet site http://www.ntdprogram.com/ntdprogram/safety.htm as
of dec. 6, 2007.
Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration:
Gas
pipeline: 49 CFR 191.3 (as of Nov. 23, 2007).
Hazardous
liquid pipelines: 49 CFR 195.50 (as of Nov. 23, 2007).
U.S.
Coast Guard:
Commercial
shipping: 46 CFR 4.05-1 (as of Nov.23, 2007).
Recreational
boating: 33 CFR 173.55 (as of Nov. 23, 2007).
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