Tables 2-5 and 2-5M. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class: 2002

Flammable liquids, especially gasoline, are the predominant hazardous material transported in the United States. In terms of ton-miles, flammable liquids account for about 67 percent of total ton-miles of hazardous materials shipments. The next largest class of hazardous materials in terms of ton-miles is gases at about 11 percent.

Table 2-5 (standard units)
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Hazard class	Description	Value $ Billions	Value Percent	Tons Millions	Tons Percent	Ton-miles Billions	Ton-miles Percent
Class 1	Explosives	7.9	1.2	5.0	0.2	1.6	0.5
Class 2	Gases	73.9	11.2	213.4	9.7	37.3	11.4
Class 3	Flammable liquids	490.2	74.3	1,789.0	81.6	218.6	66.9
Class 4	Flammable solids	6.6	1.0	11.3	0.5	4.4	1.3
Class 5	Oxidizers and organic peroxides	5.5	0.8	12.7	0.6	4.2	1.3
Class 6	Toxic (poison)	8.3	1.3	8.5	0.4	4.3	1.3
Class 7	Radioactive materials	5.9	0.9	0.1	0.003	0.04	0.01
Class 8	Corrosive materials	38.3	5.8	90.7	4.1	36.3	11.1
Class 9	Miscellaneous dangerous goods	23.6	3.6	61.0	2.8	20.2	6.2
Total		660.2	100.0	2,191.5	100.0	326.7	100.0

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 2a.

Table 2-5M (metric units - million metric tonnes and billion tonnes kilometers)
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Hazard class	Description	Value $ Billions	Value Percent	Metric tonnes Millions	Metric tonnes Percent	Tonne-kilometers Billions	Tonne-kilometers Percent
Class 1	Explosives	7.9	1.2	4.5	0.2	2.3	0.5
Class 2	Gases	73.9	11.2	193.6	9.7	54.4	11.4
Class 3	Flammable liquids	490.2	74.3	1,622.9	81.6	319.1	66.9
Class 4	Flammable solids	6.6	1.0	10.3	0.5	6.4	1.3
Class 5	Oxidizers and organic peroxides	5.5	0.8	11.5	0.6	6.2	1.3
Class 6	Toxics	8.3	1.3	7.7	0.4	6.2	1.3
Class 7	Radioactive materials	5.9	0.9	0.1	0.003	0.1	0.01
Class 8	Corrosive materials	38.3	5.8	82.3	4.1	52.9	11.1
Class 9	Miscellaneous dangerous goods	23.6	3.6	55.4	2.8	29.4	6.2
Total		660.2	100.0	1,988.1	100.0	477.0	100.0

Note: 1 ton = 0.91 metric tonne; 1 ton-mile = 1.46 tonne-kilometer.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 2004), table 2a.

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