Table 2-6: Hazardous Materials Fatalities, Injuries, Accidents, and Property Damage Data
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 | |
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Total fatalities | 27 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 120 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 15 | (R) 14 | 34 | 6 | (R) 9 | (R) 7 | 13 |
Accident-related | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | (R) 13 | 29 | 6 | 8 | (R) 6 | 8 |
Air fatalitiesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 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 |
Highway fatalities | 27 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 15 | (R) 11 | 24 | 6 | (R) 9 | (R) 6 | 12 |
Accident-related | 21 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | (R) 10 | 19 | 6 | 8 | (R) 6 | 7 |
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 |
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 |
Waterb fatalities | 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 |
Otherc fatalities | 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 |
Total injured persons | 648 | 626 | 253 | 423 | 439 | 604 | 627 | 577 | 400 | 1,175 | 221 | 195 | 265 | 251 | 168 | 136 | 119 | 288 | (R) 949 | (R) 234 | 228 | (R) 223 | 201 |
Accident-related | 168 | 47 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 98 | 62 | 111 | 18 | 864 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 96 | 700 | 13 | 45 | (R) 9 | 44 |
Air injured persons | 5 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 50 | 57 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 78 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
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 |
Highway injured persons | 527 | 493 | 195 | 311 | 333 | 465 | 511 | 425 | 296 | 216 | 152 | 151 | 218 | 164 | 109 | 118 | 105 | 155 | (R) 178 | 192 | 161 | (R) 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 | (R) 9 | 34 |
Rail injured personsd,e | 99 | 121 | 53 | 73 | 75 | 116 | 66 | 95 | 71 | 926 | 45 | 22 | 35 | 82 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 122 | 693 | (R) 25 | 56 | 63 | 38 |
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 |
Waterb 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 |
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 |
Otherc injured persons | 15 | 3 | 1 | 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 |
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) 14,844 | 15,929 | (R) 20,339 | (R) 19,301 | (R) 16,934 | 14,819 |
Accident-related | 440 | 486 | 364 | 297 | 303 | 283 | 266 | 296 | 303 | 338 | 320 | 332 | 398 | 394 | 413 | 362 | 342 | (R) 327 | (R) 382 | (R) 358 | (R) 381 | (R) 336 | 291 |
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 | 1,655 | 2,408 | (R) 1,556 | 1,278 | 1,358 |
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 |
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) 13,069 | 13,460 | (R) 17,160 | (R) 16,932 | (R) 14,808 | 12,728 |
Accident-related | 330 | 347 | 302 | 249 | 249 | 245 | 217 | 244 | 253 | 294 | 267 | 277 | 331 | 329 | 357 | 319 | 300 | (R) 281 | (R) 322 | (R) 307 | (R) 321 | (R) 302 | 252 |
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 | (R) 703 | (R) 752 | (R) 750 | 643 |
Accident-related | 109 | 134 | 61 | 48 | 54 | 36 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 44 | 52 | 52 | 65 | 62 | 54 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 44 | (R) 53 | 26 | 37 |
Waterb incidents | 28 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 98 | 90 |
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 |
Otherc incidents | 19 | 30 | 304 | 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 |
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) 62,903 | (R) 55,946 | (R) 70,971 | (R) 74,646 | (R) 53,481 | 69,117 |
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 | (R) 44,517 | (R) 44,115 | (R) 56,689 | (R) 63,570 | (R) 42,285 | 57,960 |
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 | 716 |
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 |
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) 47,159 | (R) 40,179 | (R) 59,502 | (R) 47,237 | (R) 43,078 | 50,743 |
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 | (R) 34,322 | (R) 31,052 | (R) 47,467 | (R) 38,414 | (R) 34,661 | 42,507 |
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 | 27,301 | 10,073 | 17,557 |
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 | 7,617 | 15,126 |
Waterb 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 |
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 |
Otherc property 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 |
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 |
KEY: R = revised.
a The 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.
b Water category includes only nonbulk marine. Bulk marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.
c Other category includes freight forwarders and modes not otherwise specified.
d The 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.
NOTE
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.
1990-2009: 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. 15, 2010.