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Table 6
Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents
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| Highway |
7,297 |
12,869 |
15,063 |
12,977 |
| Accident related |
249 |
253 |
327 |
233 |
| Injuries |
311 |
296 |
164 |
156 |
| Fatalities |
8 |
7 |
16 |
10 |
| Rail |
1,279 |
1,155 |
1,058 |
753 |
| Accident related |
48 |
50 |
62 |
48 |
| Injuries |
73 |
71 |
82 |
121 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Air |
297 |
817 |
1,419 |
995 |
| Accident related |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Injuries |
39 |
33 |
5 |
12 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Water |
7 |
12 |
17 |
15 |
| Accident related |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Liquid |
180 |
188 |
146 |
141 |
| Injuries |
7 |
11 |
4 |
13 |
| Fatalities |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| Natural gas
distribution |
109 |
97 |
154 |
172 |
| Injuries |
52 |
43 |
59 |
41 |
| Fatalities |
6 |
16 |
22 |
18 |
| Natural gas
transmission |
89 |
64 |
80 |
121 |
| Injuries |
17 |
10 |
18 |
3 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
2 |
15 |
1 |
Note: Injuries/fatalities data are for number of people injured
or killed. 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, PHMSA, Hazardous Materials Information System
Database. 1990 data-available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/biennial/96_97biennial.rpt.pdf, as of December 2005. 1995-2004 data-available at
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/data/2004/2004frm.htm, as of December 2005.
Pipeline data-USDOT, PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at
http://ops.dot.gov/stats/LQ_SUM.HTM, as of November 2005.
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