Table 2-19: Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2002
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-19: Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2002
(Not including pipelines)
| State | Mode | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway | Rail | Air | Water1 | ||
| Alabama | 173 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 190 |
| Alaska | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Arizona | 177 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 203 |
| Arkansas | 168 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 178 |
| California | 949 | 120 | 50 | 0 | 1,119 |
| Colorado | 316 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 331 |
| Connecticut | 334 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 337 |
| Delaware | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Florida | 516 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 559 |
| Georgia | 380 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 408 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Idaho | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Illinois | 1,242 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 1,324 |
| Indiana | 404 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 424 |
| Iowa | 124 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| Kansas | 376 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 393 |
| Kentucky | 204 | 21 | 61 | 0 | 286 |
| Louisiana | 154 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 242 |
| Maine | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Maryland | 280 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 294 |
| Massachusetts | 261 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 272 |
| Michigan | 239 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 271 |
| Minnesota | 232 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 245 |
| Mississippi | 155 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 164 |
| Missouri | 325 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 349 |
| Montana | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Nebraska | 61 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| Nevada | 52 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| New Jersey | 393 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 433 |
| New Mexico | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| New York | 412 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 438 |
| North Carolina | 623 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 651 |
| North Dakota | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ohio | 1,104 | 34 | 85 | 0 | 1,223 |
| Oklahoma | 128 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Oregon | 199 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 214 |
| Pennsylvania | 920 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 947 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| South Carolina | 144 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 167 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 593 | 31 | 244 | 0 | 868 |
| Texas | 1,043 | 125 | 37 | 2 | 1,207 |
| Utah | 154 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 179 |
| Vermont | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Virginia | 147 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 158 |
| Washington | 147 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 175 |
| West Virginia | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| Wisconsin | 232 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 240 |
| Wyoming | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| United States, total | 13,719 | 867 | 711 | 6 | 15,303 |
1Includes 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 2002, and earlier years, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ as of Sept. 5, 2003.