U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Transportation Mode, 2017
Dataset Table:
| Transportation mode | Value | Tons | 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($ billion) | Percent | (millions) | Percent | 2 | |
| TOTAL all modes | 2,334.4 | 100.0 | 2,580.2 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Single modes, total | 2,304.7 | 98.7 | 2,552.9 | 98.9 | 4 |
| Truck(a) | 1466.0 | 62.8 | 1531.4 | 59.4 | 5 |
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Dataset Excel:
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Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Description:
KEY: S = withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.
a Truck as a single mode includes shipments that went by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of both.
b Private truck refers to a truck operated by a temporary or permanent employee of an establishment or the buyer/receiver of the shipment.
c Excludes most shipments of crude oil. See previous table for the estimated amount of crude oil and petroleum products transported in the United States.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2017 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials Series (Washington, DC: July 2020), table CF1700H01, available at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cfs.html of Jul. 17, 2020.