Table 4. Hazardous Versus Nonhazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002
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Table 4. Hazardous Versus Nonhazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| Mode of transportation | Tons | Ton-miles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (thousands) | Hazardous | Nonhazardous | Total (millions) | Hazardous | Nonhazardous | |||||
| 2002 (thousands) | Percent | 2002 (thousands) | Percent | 2002 (millions) | Percent | 2002 (millions) | Percent | |||
| All modes | 11,667,919 | 2,191,519 | 18.8 | 9,476,400 | 81.2 | 3,137,898 | 326,727 | 10.4 | 2,811,171 | 89.6 |
| Single modes | 11,086,660 | 2,158,533 | 19.5 | 8,928,127 | 80.5 | 2,867,938 | 311,897 | 10.9 | 2,556,041 | 89.1 |
| Truck 1 | 7,842,836 | 1,159,514 | 14.8 | 6,683,322 | 85.2 | 1,255,908 | 110,163 | 8.8 | 1,145,745 | 91.2 |
| For-hire truck | 3,657,333 | 449,503 | 12.3 | 3,207,830 | 87.7 | 959,610 | 65,112 | 6.8 | 894,498 | 93.2 |
| Private truck | 4,149,658 | 702,186 | 16.9 | 3,447,472 | 83.1 | 291,114 | 44,087 | 15.1 | 247,027 | 84.9 |
| Rail | 1,873,884 | 109,369 | 5.8 | 1,764,516 | 94.2 | 1,261,612 | 72,087 | 5.7 | 1,189,525 | 94.3 |
| Water | 681,227 | 228,197 | 33.5 | 453,030 | 66.5 | 282,659 | 70,649 | 25.0 | 212,011 | 75.0 |
| Air (includes truck and air) | 3,760 | 64 | 1.7 | 3,696 | 98.3 | 5,835 | 85 | 1.5 | 5,751 | 98.5 |
| Pipeline 2 | 684,953 | 661,390 | 96.6 | 23,563 | 3.4 | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 216,686 | 18,745 | 8.7 | 197,941 | 91.3 | 225,715 | 12,488 | 5.5 | 213,228 | 94.5 |
| Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier | 25,513 | 245 | 1.0 | 25,268 | 99.0 | 19,004 | 119 | 0.6 | 18,885 | 99.4 |
| Other multiple modes | 191,173 | 18,500 | 9.7 | 172,673 | 90.3 | 206,712 | 12,369 | 6.0 | 194,343 | 94.0 |
| Other and unknown modes | 364,573 | 14,241 | 3.9 | 350,332 | 96.1 | 44,245 | 2,342 | 5.3 | 41,903 | 94.7 |
KEY:
– Represents and estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of
measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of highly sampling
variability or poor response quality.
1 "Truck" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by only private truck, only for-hire truck, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.
2 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
SOURCE:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002
Commodity Flow Survey, Hazmat Data, December 2004.