2-6 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990-2006
2-6 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990-2006
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | 7,297 | 12,869 | 15,063 | R13,457 | 17,145 |
| Accident related | 249 | 253 | 329 | R322 | 303 |
| Injuries | 311 | 296 | 164 | R175 | 192 |
| Fatalities | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 |
| Rail | 1,279 | 1,155 | 1,058 | R745 | 704 |
| Accident related | 48 | 50 | 62 | R51 | 44 |
| Injuries | 73 | 71 | 82 | R692 | 24 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Air | 297 | 817 | 1,419 | 1,654 | 2,410 |
| Accident related | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Injuries | 39 | 33 | 5 | 78 | 2 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water | 7 | 12 | 17 | R69 | 68 |
| Accident related | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pipeline | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid | 180 | 188 | 146 | R139 | 110 |
| Injuries | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Fatalities | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Natural gas distribution | 109 | 97 | 154 | R170 | 134 |
| Injuries | 52 | 43 | 59 | 38 | 25 |
| Fatalities | 6 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 16 |
| Natural gas transmission | 89 | 64 | 80 | R181 | 143 |
| Injuries | 17 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
Key: R = revised.
Notes: Accident related excludes human errors, package failures, and unreported cases. Water data are for incidents involving packaged materials only and do not include incidents where the vessel is the container (e.g., a barge or oil tanker). Nonpipeline reporting requirements changed in 2002.
Sources: USDOT, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Hazardous Materials Information System Database. 1990 data-available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/biennial/ 96_97biennial.rpt.pdf, as of December 2005. 1995-2006 data-available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/inc/hmisframe.htm, as of October 2007. Pipeline data-USDOT, PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of October 2007.