Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Table 5-4. Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents: 1980-2008 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	15,719	8,879	17,557	17,792	15,114	15,156	14,846	(R) 15,929	(R) 20,340	(R) 19,265	16,869
Accident-related	486	297	394	413	362	342	329	382	(R) 357	(R) 362	306
Air	223	297	1,419	1,083	732	750	993	1,654	2,411	(R) 1,555	1,274
Accident-related	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	9	7	7	8
Highway	14,161	7,296	15,063	15,804	13,502	13,594	13,071	(R) 13,461	(R) 17,157	(R) 16,900	14,752
Accident-related	347	249	329	357	319	300	283	322	(R) 306	(R) 303	272
Rail	1,271	1,279	1,058	899	870	802	765	745	704	(R) 749	745
Accident-related	134	48	62	54	41	42	46	51	(R) 44	52	26
Water¹	34	7	17	6	10	10	17	69	68	61	98
Accident-related	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other²	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA
Accident-related	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA

Key: NA = not available; R = revised.

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 www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/data-stats as of May 13, 2009.

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