NOTES: Data for modes not included
in these figures are in table 15-9 in appendix B. The 1996 spike in rail injuries was due mostly to a train
derailment in which 787 people were injured by the release of chlorine gas.
SOURCES:1994—U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Hazardous Materials Information System database, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/, as of April 2005. 1995–2004—USDOT, PHMSA, Hazardous Materials Information
System, 10-Year Hazardous Materials Data, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/, as of May 2005.
