2-6 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990-2008
2-6 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents, Injuries, and Fatalities: 1990-2008
| 1990 | R2000 | R2006 | R2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | 7,297 | 15,063 | 17,157 | 16,904 | 14,781 |
| Accident related | 249 | 329 | 306 | 306 | 283 |
| Injuries | 311 | 164 | 192 | 161 | 149 |
| Fatalities | 8 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Rail | 1,279 | 1,058 | 704 | 750 | 750 |
| Accident related | 48 | 62 | 44 | 52 | 26 |
| Injuries | 73 | 82 | 24 | 56 | 63 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Air | 297 | 1,419 | 2,411 | 1,555 | 1,277 |
| Accident related | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Injuries | 39 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water | 7 | 17 | 68 | 61 | 98 |
| Accident related | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pipeline | 1990 | 2000 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas distribution | 110 | 154 | 142 | 153 | 151 |
| Injuries | 52 | 59 | 30 | 36 | 58 |
| Fatalities | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 |
| Natural gas transmission | 89 | 80 | 146 | 132 | 140 |
| Injuries | 17 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Liquid | 180 | 146 | 120 | 119 | 139 |
| Injuries | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Fatalities | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
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. Natural gas transmission includes gathering system. Natural gas transmission fatalities for 2000 is revised. Highway incidents and accident related; natural gas distribution incidents, injuries and fatalities; and liquid pipline incidents for 2006 are revised. 2007 incidents for highway, rail, air and natural gas transmission are revised. Moreover, 2007 accident related incidents and injuries for highway, and rail injuries are revised.
Sources: Highway, Rail, Air and Water-USDOT, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Hazardous Materials Information System Database, available at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/data-stats as of November 2009 as reported in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-6, available at http://www.bts.gov as of January 2010. Pipeline-USDOT, PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline Statistics, available at http://ops.dot.gov/stats/stats.htm as of November 2009.