Table 2-20: Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2003
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-20: Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2003
(Not including pipelines)
| State | Mode | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | Rail | Air | Water2 | ||
| Alabama | 184 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 199 |
| Alaska | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Arizona | 214 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 235 |
| Arkansas | 134 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 147 |
| California | 1,058 | 94 | 43 | 2 | 1,197 |
| Colorado | 368 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 380 |
| Connecticut | 275 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 278 |
| Delaware | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Florida | 593 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 643 |
| Georgia | 412 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 440 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Idaho | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Illinois | 1,173 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 1,242 |
| Indiana | 365 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 378 |
| Iowa | 100 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 111 |
| Kansas | 352 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 396 |
| Kentucky | 143 | 14 | 71 | 0 | 228 |
| Louisiana | 165 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 243 |
| Maine | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Maryland | 243 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 257 |
| Massachusetts | 238 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 250 |
| Michigan | 284 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 308 |
| Minnesota | 234 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 253 |
| Mississippi | 129 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Missouri | 291 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 324 |
| Montana | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| Nebraska | 60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| Nevada | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 78 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| New Jersey | 470 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 508 |
| New Mexico | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
| New York | 362 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 393 |
| North Carolina | 412 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 439 |
| North Dakota | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ohio | 1,076 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 1,223 |
| Oklahoma | 175 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 181 |
| Oregon | 213 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 228 |
| Pennsylvania | 940 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 966 |
| Rhode Island | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| South Carolina | 172 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 185 |
| South Dakota | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 517 | 23 | 265 | 1 | 806 |
| Texas | 1,096 | 93 | 36 | 3 | 1,228 |
| Utah | 198 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 211 |
| Vermont | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia | 156 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 201 |
| Washington | 134 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 149 |
| West Virginia | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Wisconsin | 213 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 219 |
| Wyoming | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| United States, total1 | 13,596 | 813 | 739 | 10 | 15,158 |
1 Total does not include U.S. territories or foreign countries.
2 Includes only packaged shipments (i.e., nonbulk shipments).
NOTE: Hazardous materials incident data are subject to revision and correction by the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazmat Summary by State for Calendar Year 2003, and earlier years, Washington, DC: 2004, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ as of June 14, 2004.