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This data set contains all incidents which were reported to PHMSA based on reporting criteria that was in effect at the time of the incident and which has changed both significantly and multiple times over the years. For specific information and dates concerning these changes between 1990 and 2011, see History of PHMSA Incident Reporting Criteria.

It should also be noted that the All Reported Incidents data set does not include any adjustments to account for commodity cost fluctuations or general inflation as has been done in the case of Significant Incidents. As a result, the All Reported Incidents data set is not intended for historical trending. For the data set which is intended for historical trending, see Significant Pipeline Incidents.

The tables below show the number of incidents reported in a year for each type of pipeline operator. Each year and selected column totals provide links to focused reports showing the causes of the corresponding incidents.

The data source for this table is the PHMSA Flagged Incident File.(1)

Where appropriate, the table columns can be sorted by clicking the corresponding column header.

In addition to the Significant Incident designation mentioned above, there is also a designation for Serious Incident which counts only incidents involving a fatality or injury. See Serious Pipeline Incidents for information on this smaller subset of incidents.

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National All Pipeline Systems: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	445	17	111	$67,255,574	116,802	57,559
1994	467	22	(D) 120	$160,596,517	164,387	114,002
1995	349	21	64	$53,427,112	110,237	53,113
1996	381	53	127	$114,467,631	160,316	100,949
1997	346	10	77	$79,757,922	195,549	103,129
1998	389	21	81	$126,851,351	149,500	60,791
1999	339	22	108	$130,110,339	167,230	104,487
2000	380	38	81	$191,822,840	108,652	56,953
2001	341	7	61	$63,092,462	98,348	77,456
2002	(E) 644	12	49	$102,107,745	97,255	77,953
2003	673	12	71	$139,011,279	81,308	50,889
2004	673	23	60	$271,844,536	89,311	69,003
2005	721	14	48	(F) $1,246,807,189	138,094	46,246
2006	642	21	36	$151,073,566	137,693	53,905
2007	615	15	50	$154,861,939	94,981	68,941
2008	662	8	57	$565,914,340	102,076	69,510
2009	627	13	64	$179,016,871	55,014	32,307
2010	590	22	109	$1,465,263,664	174,931	123,420
2011	595	14	60	$365,295,073	139,017	108,140
2012	569	12	56	$188,370,470	54,061	32,401
Totals	10,448	377	1,490	$5,816,948,420	2,434,767	1,461,158
2013 YTD	25	0	3	$3,905,611	456	326
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	585	16	75	$672,976,402	122,670	87,987
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	609	14	69	$552,772,084	105,020	73,156
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	637	15	61	$472,745,893	106,649	65,477

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National Hazardous Liquid: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	229	0	10	$28,873,651	116,802	57,559
1994	245	1	(D) 7	$62,166,058	164,387	114,002
1995	188	3	11	$32,518,689	110,237	53,113
1996	194	5	13	$85,136,315	160,316	100,949
1997	171	0	5	$55,186,642	195,549	103,129
1998	153	2	6	$63,308,923	149,500	60,791
1999	167	4	20	$86,355,560	167,230	104,487
2000	146	1	4	$150,555,745	108,652	56,953
2001	130	0	10	$25,346,751	98,348	77,456
2002	(E) 460	1	0	$51,633,852	97,255	77,953
2003	435	0	5	$67,420,310	81,308	50,889
2004	377	5	16	$166,074,233	89,311	69,003
2005	369	2	2	$306,454,691	138,094	46,246
2006	355	0	2	$75,120,424	137,693	53,905
2007	332	4	10	$60,804,979	94,981	68,941
2008	375	2	2	$148,277,329	102,076	69,510
2009	341	4	4	$74,066,565	55,014	32,307
2010	349	1	4	$1,032,341,331	174,931	123,420
2011	347	1	2	$245,645,120	139,017	108,140
2012	364	3	4	$108,593,696	54,061	32,401
Totals	5,727	39	137	$2,925,880,864	2,434,767	1,461,158
2013 YTD	15	0	0	$1,061,525	456	326
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	353	2	3	$462,193,382	122,670	87,987
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	355	2	3	$321,784,808	105,020	73,156
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	364	2	5	$228,479,868	106,649	65,477

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National Hazardous Liquid Onshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	224	0	10	$27,770,651	116,430	57,503
1994	241	1	(D) 7	$61,837,058	160,136	109,751
1995	184	3	11	$31,818,689	110,230	53,106
1996	189	5	13	$84,331,311	153,750	94,383
1997	161	0	5	$42,382,642	189,058	99,266
1998	141	2	6	$52,564,979	138,227	51,253
1999	160	4	20	$84,352,560	163,836	101,147
2000	138	1	4	$131,924,797	106,355	54,663
2001	128	0	10	$24,929,751	98,347	77,455
2002	(E) 455	1	0	$49,738,342	97,255	77,952
2003	431	0	5	$67,381,310	81,303	50,884
2004	364	5	16	$86,582,763	77,395	58,548
2005	351	2	2	$276,947,278	137,026	45,178
2006	345	0	2	$59,586,444	137,116	53,334
2007	329	4	10	$60,027,717	94,967	68,941
2008	368	2	2	$136,875,358	102,044	69,478
2009	335	4	4	$63,112,545	53,514	31,083
2010	345	1	4	$1,029,102,358	174,924	123,413
2011	344	1	2	$240,338,210	138,938	108,140
2012	361	3	4	$107,723,689	54,061	32,400
Totals	5,594	39	137	$2,719,328,452	2,384,916	1,417,883
2013 YTD	15	0	0	$1,061,525	456	326
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	350	2	3	$459,054,752	122,642	87,985
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	351	2	3	$315,430,432	104,697	72,903
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	357	2	5	$212,767,767	105,129	64,140

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National Hazardous Liquid Offshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	5	0	0	$1,103,000	372	56
1994	4	0	(D) 0	$329,000	4,251	4,251
1995	4	0	0	$700,000	7	7
1996	5	0	0	$805,004	6,566	6,566
1997	10	0	0	$12,804,000	6,491	3,863
1998	12	0	0	$10,743,944	11,273	9,538
1999	7	0	0	$2,003,000	3,394	3,340
2000	8	0	0	$18,630,948	2,297	2,290
2001	2	0	0	$417,000	1	1
2002	(E) 5	0	0	$1,895,510	0	0
2003	4	0	0	$39,000	5	5
2004	13	0	0	$79,491,470	11,916	10,455
2005	18	0	0	$29,507,413	1,068	1,068
2006	10	0	0	$15,533,980	576	571
2007	3	0	0	$777,262	14	0
2008	7	0	0	$11,401,971	31	31
2009	6	0	0	$10,954,020	1,500	1,224
2010	4	0	0	$3,238,973	6	6
2011	3	0	0	$5,306,910	79	0
2012	3	0	0	$870,007	0	0
Totals	133	0	0	$206,552,412	49,850	43,275
2013 YTD	0	0	0	$0	0	0
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	3	0	0	$3,138,630	29	2
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	5	0	0	$6,354,376	324	253
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	7	0	0	$15,712,101	1,520	1,336

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National Gas Transmission: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	93	1	16	$23,035,268
1994	74	0	22	$43,878,806
1995	54	2	7	$9,719,250
1996	76	1	5	$13,078,474
1997	68	1	5	$11,658,117
1998	88	1	11	$41,624,324
1999	49	2	8	$17,456,834
2000	76	15	16	$16,966,261
2001	75	2	5	$13,731,347
2002	73	1	4	$25,369,153
2003	93	1	8	$48,765,101
2004	103	0	2	$35,581,907
2005	160	0	5	$298,074,982
2006	129	3	3	$40,759,278
2007	111	2	7	$62,039,156
2008	123	0	5	$256,026,440
2009	105	0	11	$55,911,891
2010	113	10	61	$409,315,415
2011	122	0	1	$96,622,027
2012	114	0	7	$55,326,373
Totals	1,899	42	209	$1,574,940,404
2013 YTD	6	0	0	$1,921,311
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	116	3	23	$187,087,938
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	115	2	17	$174,640,429
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	117	2	11	$135,842,257

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National Gas Transmission Onshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	81	1	16	$17,582,268
1994	52	0	15	$41,386,306
1995	41	0	7	$6,818,250
1996	62	1	5	$10,947,086
1997	58	1	5	$10,056,885
1998	72	1	11	$34,165,324
1999	42	2	8	$16,526,834
2000	65	15	16	$15,206,371
2001	67	2	5	$12,095,165
2002	57	1	4	$15,878,915
2003	81	1	8	$45,406,172
2004	83	0	2	$10,519,343
2005	106	0	5	$190,703,949
2006	107	3	3	$31,024,319
2007	87	2	7	$43,589,848
2008	94	0	5	$111,992,088
2009	92	0	11	$43,988,350
2010	87	10	61	$397,819,811
2011	108	0	1	$90,091,355
2012	95	0	7	$48,922,413
Totals	1,537	40	202	$1,194,721,052
2013 YTD	6	0	0	$1,921,311
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	97	3	23	$178,944,526
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	95	2	17	$138,562,803
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	94	2	11	$101,405,765

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National Gas Transmission Offshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	12	0	0	$5,453,000
1994	22	0	7	$2,492,500
1995	13	2	0	$2,901,000
1996	14	0	0	$2,131,388
1997	10	0	0	$1,601,232
1998	16	0	0	$7,459,000
1999	7	0	0	$930,000
2000	11	0	0	$1,759,890
2001	8	0	0	$1,636,182
2002	16	0	0	$9,490,238
2003	12	0	0	$3,358,929
2004	20	0	0	$25,062,564
2005	54	0	0	$107,371,033
2006	22	0	0	$9,734,959
2007	24	0	0	$18,449,308
2008	29	0	0	$144,034,352
2009	13	0	0	$11,923,541
2010	26	0	0	$11,495,604
2011	14	0	0	$6,530,672
2012	19	0	0	$6,403,960
Totals	362	2	7	$380,219,352
2013 YTD	0	0	0	$0
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	20	0	0	$8,143,412
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	20	0	0	$36,077,626
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	23	0	0	$34,436,492

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National Gas Gathering: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	2	0	1	$0
1994	7	0	0	$1,291,487
1995	10	0	3	$238,500
1996	1	0	0	$0
1997	5	0	0	$420,000
1998	11	0	0	$2,862,986
1999	5	0	0	$384,287
2000	4	0	2	$902,000
2001	12	0	0	$9,942,878
2002	9	0	1	$1,300,538
2003	4	0	0	$1,793,460
2004	20	0	1	$32,549,185
2005	22	0	2	$142,934,775
2006	16	0	1	$11,301,998
2007	21	0	0	$6,108,094
2008	18	0	0	$122,686,462
2009	24	0	0	$17,054,105
2010	6	0	0	$3,140,080
2011	4	0	0	$601,914
2012	6	0	0	$799,480
Totals	207	0	11	$356,312,229
2013 YTD	0	0	0	$0
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	5	0	0	$1,513,825
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	12	0	0	$28,856,408
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	14	0	0	$33,896,955

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National Gas Distribution: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2013 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	121	16	84	$15,346,655
1994	141	21	91	$53,260,166
1995	97	16	43	$10,950,673
1996	110	47	109	$16,252,842
1997	102	9	67	$12,493,163
1998	137	18	64	$19,055,118
1999	118	16	80	$25,913,658
2000	154	22	59	$23,398,834
2001	124	5	46	$14,071,486
2002	102	10	44	$23,804,202
2003	141	11	58	$21,032,408
2004	173	18	41	$37,639,211
2005	170	12	39	(F) $499,342,741
2006	142	18	30	$23,891,866
2007	151	9	33	$25,909,710
2008	146	6	50	$38,924,109
2009	157	9	49	$31,984,310
2010	122	11	44	$20,466,838
2011	122	13	57	$22,426,012
2012	85	9	45	$23,650,921
Totals	2,615	296	1,133	$959,814,923
2013 YTD	4	0	3	$922,775
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	110	11	49	$22,181,257
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	126	10	49	$27,490,438
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	141	12	45	$74,526,813

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Notes

1. The costs presented here are nominal (that is, as reported by the Operator at the time of the incident) and are not adjusted to account for commodity cost fluctuations or general inflation.
2. For years 2002 and later, property damage is estimated as the sum of all public and private costs reported in the 30-day incident report. For years prior to 2002, accident report forms did not include a breakdown of public and private costs so property damage for these years is the reported total property damage field in the report.
3. Net Barrels Lost applies only to Liquid incidents and is the difference between Gross Barrels Spilled and Barrels Recovered.
4. Does not include 1,851 injuries that required medical treatment reported for the October, 1994 accidents that were caused by severe flooding near Houston, Texas.
5. In 2002, one of the more significant of several incident reporting criterion changes occurred. One of PHMSA's reporting criterion for hazardous liquid pipeline incidents (the one based on volume released) was lowered from 50 barrels to 5 gallons, resulting in a significant increase in the number of hazardous liquid incidents reported.
6. Approximately 94% of the Property Damage for Gas Distribution Incidents in 2005 was caused by flooding in New Orleans. The $466.5 million associated with this incident represents lost gas and operator property damage, but does not include damage to public and private property caused by the flooding.

Sources

1. PHMSA Flagged Incidents File - February 7, 2013. Note: Incidents occurring up to 30 days prior the Incident File source date may not appear in these reports due to the 30-day reporting period allowed by PHMSA regulation.

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