Table 5-4. Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents: 1980-2006 (Historical)

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	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	15,719	8,879	17,557	17,792	(R) 15,114	(R) 15,156	(R) 14,846	(R) 15,917	20,228
Accident-related	486	297	394	413	(R) 362	342	329	(R) 379	340
Air	223	297	1,419	1,083	732	(R) 750	(R) 993	(R) 1,654	2,409
Air - Accident-related	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	(R) 9	7
Highway	14,161	7,296	15,063	15,804	(R) 13,502	(R) 13,594	(R) 13,071	(R) 13,450	17,051
Highway - Accident-related	347	249	329	357	(R) 319	300	(R) 283	(R) 319	290
Rail	1,271	1,279	1,058	899	870	802	(R) 765	(R) 744	700
Rail - Accident-related	134	48	62	54	41	42	(R) 46	(R) 51	43
Water1	34	7	17	6	10	10	(R) 17	(R) 69	68
Water1 - Accident-related	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other2	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA
Other2 - Accident-related	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Key: R = revised; NA = not available.

¹Water category only includes packaged (nonbulk) marine. Non-packaged (bulk) marine hazardous materials incidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard and are not included.
²Other category includes freight forwarders and modes not otherwise specified.

Notes: Hazardous materials transportation incidents required to be reported are defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49 CFR 171.15, 171.16 (Form F 5800.1). Hazardous materials deaths and injuries are caused by the hazardous material in commerce. Accident related means vehicular accident or derailment. Each modal total also includes fatalities caused by human error, package failure, and causes not elsewhere classified.

As of 2005, the "Other" data is no longer included in the hazardous materials information system report.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazardous Materials Information System Database, available at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/about-phmsa/offices/office-hazardous-materials-safety as of June 4, 2007.

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