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Table 2-6: Hazardous Materials Fatalities, Injuries, Accidents, and Property Damage Data

	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total fatalities	27	19	8	8	10	16	15	11	7	120	12	13	9	16	12	10	15	14	34	6	9	(R) 10	(R) 12	8
Accident-related	21	14	7	7	10	15	14	11	6	7	10	8	7	11	8	9	9	13	29	6	8	6	(R) 7	5
Air fatalities^a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Highway fatalities	27	17	8	8	10	16	15	11	7	8	12	13	9	16	9	9	15	11	24	6	9	6	(R) 11	8
Accident-related	21	12	7	7	10	15	14	11	6	5	10	8	7	11	8	8	9	10	19	6	8	6	(R) 6	5
Rail fatalities	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	10	0	0	1	1	0
Accident-related	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	1	0
Water^b fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(R) 3	0	0
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other^c fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total injured persons	648	626	253	423	439	604	627	577	400	1,175	221	195	265	251	168	136	119	288	(R) 915	234	228	223	201	170
Accident-related	168	47	16	18	40	98	62	111	18	864	16	13	15	16	12	15	16	96	700	13	45	9	44	5
Air injured persons	5	8	4	39	31	23	50	57	33	33	24	20	12	5	13	4	1	11	(R) 44	2	8	7	10	2
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highway injured persons	527	493	195	311	333	465	511	425	296	216	152	151	218	164	109	118	105	155	178	192	(R) 160	153	153	153
Accident-related	156	43	9	9	27	34	61	95	14	22	11	9	15	15	12	14	16	12	45	11	45	9	34	5
Rail injured persons^d,e	99	121	53	73	75	116	66	95	71	926	45	22	35	82	46	14	13	122	693	25	(R) 57	63	38	13
Accident-related	12	4	7	9	13	64	1	16	4	842	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	84	655	2	0	0	10	0
Water^b injured persons	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	2
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other^cinjured persons	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total incidents	10,951	15,719	6,019	8,879	9,110	9,393	12,838	16,105	14,853	14,077	14,065	15,495	17,616	17,557	17,792	15,114	15,156	(R) 14,843	15,929	20,339	(R) 19,300	(R) 16,930	14,819	14,795
Accident-related	440	486	364	297	303	283	266	296	303	338	320	332	398	394	413	362	342	(R) 328	(R) 383	(R) 359	(R) 383	(R) 337	(R) 290	361
Air incidents	147	223	114	297	299	414	622	931	817	925	1,029	1,387	1,582	1,419	1,083	732	750	993	(R) 1,654	(R) 2,406	1,556	1,278	(R) 1,356	1,293
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	9	7	7	8	2	2
Highway incidents	10,063	14,161	4,752	7,296	7,644	7,843	11,095	14,011	12,869	12,034	11,929	13,108	14,953	15,063	15,804	13,502	13,594	(R) 13,068	(R) 13,461	(R) 17,162	(R) 16,930	(R) 14,804	(R) 12,730	12,646
Accident-related	330	347	302	249	249	245	217	244	253	294	267	277	331	329	357	319	300	281	(R) 323	(R) 308	(R) 322	302	(R) 251	321
Rail incidents	694	1,271	842	1,279	1,155	1,128	1,113	1,157	1,155	1,112	1,102	989	1,073	1,058	899	870	802	765	745	703	(R) 753	(R) 749	643	751
Accident-related	109	134	61	48	54	36	49	52	50	44	52	52	65	62	54	41	42	(R) 47	51	44	(R) 54	(R) 27	37	37
Water^b incidents	28	34	7	7	12	8	8	6	12	6	5	11	8	17	6	10	10	17	69	68	61	(R) 99	90	105
Accident-related	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other^cincidents	19	30	304	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total property damage (current $ thousands)^f	8,091	10,828	22,994	32,354	38,350	36,229	22,816	44,196	30,900	46,849	33,533	46,312	65,369	78,132	69,442	58,177	53,597	(R) 62,902	55,946	70,971	(R) 74,692	(R) 51,159	(R) 68,995	71,794
Accident-related	6,051	6,236	20,269	24,792	30,184	28,708	13,179	25,552	23,602	37,775	25,318	37,049	51,710	62,636	56,546	41,113	40,824	44,517	(R) 44,115	56,689	(R) 63,613	(R) 39,967	(R) 57,837	60,855
Air property damage	8.9	12.3	12.3	142	77	99	88	178	100	87	336	267	286	272	309	109	100	188	198	671	88	191	(R) 708	20
Accident-related	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	50	61	0	0	0	0	0	7	327	0
Highway property damage	5,584	7,324	12,690	20,190	29,650	24,130	19,866	25,253	22,141	29,257	24,741	28,669	34,359	51,030	47,737	48,076	49,109	(R) 47,158	40,179	59,502	(R) 47,280	(R) 42,796	(R) 50,629	63,841
Accident-related	3,694	3,782	10,175	14,132	23,953	18,350	11,263	13,539	16,342	22,315	17,871	21,597	23,085	37,837	36,404	33,529	37,650	34,322	31,052	47,467	(R) 38,456	(R) 34,383	(R) 42,383	56,135
Rail property damage	2,488	2,952	10,274	11,952	8,469	11,857	2,649	18,673	8,485	17,385	8,418	16,362	30,663	26,547	21,248	9,745	4,126	13,901	15,455	10,740	(R) 27,305	(R) 8,032	17,557	7,358
Accident-related	2,357	2,357	10,094	10,660	6,231	10,233	1,916	12,014	7,260	15,460	7,446	15,452	28,625	24,756	20,092	7,524	3,175	10,195	13,063	9,222	25,157	(R) 5,576	15,126	4,697
Water^b property damage	6.1	505	3.2	70	154	143	213	92	174	120	38	1,015	61	283	147	248	261	1,655	114	59	19	138	101	574
Accident-related	0	81	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Other^cproperty damage	3.5	35	14.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accident-related	0.3	15.6	<0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

KEY: R = revised.

^aThe 1996 spike in Air Fatalities was due to the ignition of an undeclared cache of chemical oxygen generators in a flight over Florida that killed 110 people, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Biennial Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation, 1996-1997.

^bWater category includes only nonbulk marine. Bulk marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.

^cOther category includes freight forwarders and modes not otherwise specified.

^dThe 1996 spike in Rail Injured Persons is due to a train derailment in Alberton, Montana, which caused 787 minor injuries from chlorine gas inhalation, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Biennial Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation, 1996-1997. For more information, see http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/96_97biennial.rpt.pdf.

^e The 2005 spike in Rail Injured Persons is due to a chlorine accident by a train operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in Graniteville, South Carolina, on January 6, 2005. 9 people died and 631 people were injured. For more information, see the PHMSA Incident Report Database at https://hazmatonline.phmsa.dot.gov/IncidentReportsSearch/.

^f Property damage under $30,000 is reported to the nearest $100. Property damage $30,000 or greater is reported to the nearest $1,000; therefore the components may not add to the totals. Different cost thresholds for reporting property damage exist by property type. See NTS table 2-8 for the various thresholds.

NOTES

Hazardous materials transportation incidents required to be reported are defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49 CFR 171.15, 171.16 (Form F 5800.1). Hazardous materials deaths and injuries are caused by the hazardous material in commerce.

SOURCES

1975-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazardous Materials Information System Database, 1999.

1990-2010: Ibid., Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Hazardous Material Safety, available at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/data-stats/incidents as of Dec. 20, 2011.