Table 7 - Hazardous Material Shipment by Hazard Class and Mode of Transportation: 2002
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Table 7 - Hazardous Material Shipment by Hazard Class and Mode of Transportation: 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data only)
| Hazard class | Transportation mode | Tons (thousands) |
Tons (Percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1, Explosives | Pipeline (2) | – | – |
| Rail | 352 | 7.0 | |
| Truck (1) | 4,631 | 92.6 | |
| Water | – | – | |
| Class 2, Gases |
Pipeline (2) | 78,857 | 37.0 |
| Rail | 29,230 | 13.7 | |
| Truck (1) | 96,865 | 45.4 | |
| Water | 7,133 | 3.3 | |
| Class 3, Flammable liquids |
Pipeline (2) | 576,739 | 32.2 |
| Rail | 36,083 | 2.0 | |
| Truck (1) | 948,619 | 53.0 | |
| Water | 199,304 | 11.1 | |
| Class 4, Flammable solids |
Pipeline (2) | – | – |
| Rail | 3,157 | 27.9 | |
| Truck (1) | 6,711 | 59.4 | |
| Water | 1,263 | 11.2 | |
| Class 5, Oxidizers and organic peroxides |
Pipeline (2) | – | – |
| Rail | 2,430 | 19.2 | |
| Truck (1) | 9,870 | 77.9 | |
| Water | – | – | |
| Class 6, Toxic (poison) |
Pipeline (2) | 1,753 | 20.7 |
| Rail | 1,908 | 22.6 | |
| Truck (1) | 2,255 | 26.7 | |
| Water | 2,325 | 27.5 | |
| Class 7, Radioactive materials |
Pipeline (2) | – | – |
| Rail | – | – | |
| Truck (1) | 52 | 91.0 | |
| Water | – | – | |
| Class 8, Corrosive materials |
Pipeline (2) | 3,959 | 4.4 |
| Rail | 23,949 | 26.4 | |
| Truck (1) | 51,385 | 56.7 | |
| Water | 9,552 | 10.5 | |
| Class 9, Miscellaneous dangerous goods |
Pipeline (2) | – | – |
| Rail | 12,260 | 20.1 | |
| Truck (1) | 39,126 | 64.1 | |
| Water | 8,619 | 14.1 |
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), Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazmat Data, table 6a. December 2004.