Table 2-20: Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2012 and 2013
(Not including pipelines or bulk, nonpackaged water incidents)
| State | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Total | Mode | Total | |||||||
| Highway | Rail | Air | Water2 | Highway | Rail | Air | Water2 | |||
| Alabama | 169 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 186 | 191 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 209 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 146 | 32 | 179 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 22 | 168 |
| Arizona | 247 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 262 | 272 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 300 |
| Arkansas | 161 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 141 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 170 |
| California | 1,089 | 77 | 105 | 1 | 1,272 | 1,186 | 110 | 128 | 3 | 1,427 |
| Colorado | 365 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 381 | 316 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 340 |
| Connecticut | 196 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 206 | 157 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 165 |
| Delaware | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Florida | 588 | 13 | 72 | 14 | 687 | 580 | 10 | 52 | 18 | 660 |
| Georgia | 492 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 520 | 553 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 580 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Idaho | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Illinois | 1,079 | 43 | 35 | 0 | 1,157 | 1,212 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 1,281 |
| Indiana | 404 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 476 | 422 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 472 |
| Iowa | 150 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 153 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 162 |
| Kansas | 271 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 295 | 292 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 318 |
| Kentucky | 183 | 10 | 176 | 0 | 369 | 212 | 9 | 185 | 0 | 406 |
| Louisiana | 199 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 248 | 252 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 299 |
| Maine | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Maryland | 218 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 232 | 200 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 222 |
| Massachusetts | 220 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 253 | 203 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 231 |
| Michigan | 270 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 313 | 278 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 315 |
| Minnesota | 224 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 253 | 228 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 249 |
| Mississippi | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 101 |
| Missouri | 323 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 349 | 326 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 353 |
| Montana | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Nebraska | 49 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Nevada | 108 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 121 | 96 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 115 |
| New Hampshire | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| New Jersey | 303 | 13 | 56 | 0 | 372 | 359 | 11 | 51 | 6 | 427 |
| New Mexico | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 85 |
| New York | 370 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 405 | 461 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 505 |
| North Carolina | 358 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 388 | 334 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 366 |
| North Dakota | 52 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Ohio | 895 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 955 | 939 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 988 |
| Oklahoma | 131 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 141 | 170 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 182 |
| Oregon | 266 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 293 | 258 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 299 |
| Pennsylvania | 745 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 785 | 757 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 816 |
| Rhode Island | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| South Carolina | 141 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 112 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 121 |
| South Dakota | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 452 | 20 | 293 | 0 | 765 | 459 | 16 | 279 | 2 | 756 |
| Texas | 1,224 | 112 | 71 | 5 | 1,412 | 1,339 | 67 | 66 | 1 | 1,473 |
| Utah | 271 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 281 | 277 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 291 |
| Vermont | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Virginia | 200 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 225 | 177 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 201 |
| Washington | 163 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 212 | 152 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 193 |
| West Virginia | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 55 |
| Wisconsin | 256 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 276 | 278 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 296 |
| Wyoming | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| United States, total1 | 13,240 | 661 | 1,402 | 63 | 15,366 | 13,866 | 663 | 1,380 | 62 | 15,971 |
1Total excludes Incidents occurring in a U.S. territory or foreign country.
2Includes only packaged shipments (i.e., nonbulk shipments).
NOTES: Data for 2012 are revised. Hazardous materials Incident data are subject to revision and correction by the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety. Hazardous materials transportation Incidents required to be reported are defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49 CFR Part 171.15, 171.16 (Form F 5800.1). Incident means any of the following events: (1) a fatality or major injury caused by the release of a hazardous material; (2) the evacuation of 25 or more persons as a result of release of a hazardous material or exposure to fire; (3) a release or exposure to fire which results in the closure of a major transportation artery; (4) the alteration of an aircraft flight plan or operation; (5) the release of radioactive materials from Type B packaging; (6) the release of over 11.9 gallons or 88.2 pounds of a severe marine pollutant; or (7) the release of a bulk quantity (over 119 gallons or 882 pounds) of a hazardous material.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazmat Intelligence Portal, Yearly Incident Summary Reports, available at www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/data-stats/incidents as of June 2014.