Table 1 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Fatalities, Injuries, and Incidents: 1990-1999
Table 1 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Fatalities, Injuries, and Incidents: 1990-1999
| Year | Fatalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | Highway | Rail | Water | Total | |
| 1990 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1991 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1992 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1993 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1994 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1995 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996 | 110 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 120 |
| 1997 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1998 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 110 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 219 |
| Year | Injured persons | ||||
| Air | Highway | Rail | Water | Total | |
| 1990 | 39 | 311 | 73 | 0 | 423 |
| 1991 | 31 | 333 | 75 | 0 | 439 |
| 1992 | 23 | 465 | 116 | 0 | 604 |
| 1993 | 50 | 511 | 66 | 0 | 627 |
| 1994 | 57 | 425 | 95 | 0 | 577 |
| 1995 | 33 | 296 | 71 | 0 | 400 |
| 1996 | 33 | 216 | 926 | 0 | 1,175 |
| 1997 | 24 | 156 | 45 | 0 | 225 |
| 1998 | 20 | 153 | 22 | 2 | 197 |
| 1999 | 12 | 205 | 35 | 0 | 252 |
| Total | 322 | 3,071 | 1,524 | 2 | 4,919 |
| Year | Incidents | ||||
| Air | Highway | Rail | Water | Total | |
| 1990 | 297 | 7,297 | 1,279 | 7 | 8,880 |
| 1991 | 299 | 7,644 | 1,155 | 12 | 9,110 |
| 1992 | 413 | 7,760 | 1,130 | 8 | 9,311 |
| 1993 | 622 | 11,080 | 1,120 | 8 | 12,830 |
| 1994 | 929 | 13,995 | 1,157 | 6 | 16,087 |
| 1995 | 814 | 12,764 | 1,153 | 12 | 14,743 |
| 1996 | 916 | 11,917 | 1,112 | 6 | 13,951 |
| 1997 | 1,028 | 11,863 | 1,103 | 5 | 13,999 |
| 1998 | 1,380 | 12,971 | 990 | 11 | 15,352 |
| 1999 | 1,576 | 14,443 | 1,061 | 8 | 17,088 |
| Total | 8,274 | 111,734 | 11,260 | 83 | 131,351 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Hazardous Materials Information System database, 2000, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov.