Table 2-8: Reporting Thresholds for Property Damage by U.S. Department of Transportation Modal Administrations
| Modal administration | Reporting threshold |
|---|---|
| Federal Aviation Administration | More than $25,000 damage to property other than the aircraft. |
| Federal Highway Administration | None; each state defines its own threshold and FHWA collects state reports. |
| Federal Railroad Administration | More than $9,500 in damages to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track, track structures, and roadbed for accidents other than at grade-crossings. No threshold for grade-crossing accidents. |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | None; property-damage-only crashes are recorded through the General Estimates System, a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes of all severities. |
| Federal Transit Administration | More than $25,000. |
| Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
More than $50,000 for gas pipelines. More than $50,000 for hazardous liquid pipelines. |
| U. S. Coast Guard |
More than $25,000 for commercial vessels. More than $2,000 or complete loss of vessel for recreational boats. |
SOURCES
Federal Aviation Administration: AIM Chapter 7, Section 6 (as of August 22, 2013).
Federal Highway Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, personal communication, Dec 2007.
Federal Railroad Administration: 49 CFR 225.19 (as of October 1, 2013).
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, DOT HS 810 818 (Washington, DC: 2006), available at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810818.pdf,as of May 17, 2011.
Federal Transit Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, 2014 Safety and Security Reporting Manual (Washington, DC: 2014), available at: http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/pubs/safetyRM/2014/2014%20Safety%20&%20Security%20Reporting%20Manual.pdf as of Mar. 7, 2014.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration:
Gas pipeline: 49 CFR 191.3 (as of Jan. 14, 2012).
Hazardous liquid pipelines: 49 CFR 195.50 (as of Oct. 1, 2011).
U.S. Coast Guard:
Commercial shipping: 46 CFR 4.05-1 (as of Oct. 1, 2011).
Recreational boating: 33 CFR 173.55 (as of Jul. 30, 2012).