Table 2,,,,,,,,
"Hazardous Materials Incidents for the Highway, Air, and Rail Modes: 19952000",,,,,,,,
Hazard class,Highway,,,,,,,
,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,Total 19952000,Percentage of total
"Other regulated material, Class D1",1,3,1,2,0,0,7,0.01
"Explosive, mass explosion hazard",5,0,1,1,2,2,11,0.01
Explosive projection hazard,0,0,1,1,0,1,3,<0.01
"Explosive, fire hazard",0,1,0,0,1,1,3,<0.01
"Explosive, no blast hazard",3,1,1,3,2,0,10,0.01
Very insensitive explosive,6,4,4,9,8,3,34,0.04
Extremely insensitive detonating,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Combustible liquid,386,310,279,352,280,263,"1,870",2.3
Flammable gas,131,113,102,95,89,112,642,0.8
Nonflammable compressed gas,145,118,124,171,229,266,"1,053",1.3
Poisonous gas,30,35,28,21,30,25,169,0.21
Flammable/combustible liquid,"5,090","4,922","4,722","5,240","5,541","5,636","31,151",39
Flammable solid,82,77,87,95,116,106,563,0.7
Spontaneously combustible,22,19,15,27,20,16,119,0.15
Dangerous when wet material,32,22,15,11,14,16,110,0.14
Oxidizer,333,244,376,457,408,373,"2,191",2.7
Organic peroxide,99,98,96,130,158,202,783,1
Poisonous materials,"1,154",988,924,"1,055",938,890,"5,949",7.5
Infectious substance (etiologic),0,1,4,3,168,136,312,0.39
Radioactive material,7,8,9,9,8,4,45,0.06
Corrosive material,"4,717","4,629","4,762","4,968","6,604","6,486","32,166",40
Miscellaneous hazardous materials,594,396,372,399,388,415,"2,564",3.2
Total,"12,837","11,989","11,923","13,049","15,004","14,953","79,755",100
Hazard class,Air,,,,,,,
,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,Total 19952000,Percentage of total
"Other regulated material, Class D1",52,54,44,120,73,61,404,5.6
"Explosive, mass explosion hazard",0,1,1,1,0,0,3,0.04
Explosive projection hazard,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0.01
"Explosive, fire hazard",0,0,1,0,2,0,3,0.04
"Explosive, no blast hazard",2,3,3,10,8,10,36,0.5
Very insensitive explosive,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Extremely insensitive detonating,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Combustible liquid,1,2,1,0,5,3,12,0.17
Flammable gas,22,27,31,27,46,48,201,2.8
Nonflammable compressed gas,33,26,39,59,42,62,261,3.6
Poisonous gas,0,0,0,2,0,1,3,0.04
Flammable/combustible liquid,515,553,616,788,944,832,"4,248",59.2
Flammable solid,4,2,4,7,10,5,32,0.45
Spontaneously combustible,0,0,1,1,1,0,3,0.04
Dangerous when wet material,4,0,1,1,3,1,10,0.14
Oxidizer,3,6,11,13,14,13,60,0.8
Organic peroxide,1,4,5,2,5,1,18,0.25
Poisonous materials,25,49,47,62,75,76,334,4.7
Infectious substance (etiologic),2,2,6,7,4,3,24,0.33
Radioactive material,3,8,3,3,5,7,29,0.4
Corrosive material,133,157,186,227,312,260,"1,275",17.8
Miscellaneous hazardous materials,21,29,34,59,38,40,221,3.1
Total,822,923,"1,034","1,389","1,587","1,423","7,178",100
Hazard class,Rail,,,,,,,
,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,Total 19952000,Percentage of total
"Other regulated material, Class D1",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
"Explosive, mass explosion hazard",0,1,1,0,1,0,3,0.05
Explosive projection hazard,0,0,1,0,1,0,2,0.03
"Explosive, fire hazard",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
"Explosive, no blast hazard",0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0.02
Very insensitive explosive,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Extremely insensitive detonating,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Combustible liquid,54,59,46,34,55,59,307,4.7
Flammable gas,87,62,64,61,80,86,440,6.7
Nonflammable compressed gas,96,89,113,93,111,87,589,9
Poisonous gas,21,19,10,16,21,17,104,1.6
Flammable/combustible liquid,334,358,346,339,412,371,"2,160",33
Flammable solid,2,2,4,2,1,4,15,0.23
Spontaneously combustible,1,2,0,0,0,1,4,0.06
Dangerous when wet material,2,2,3,4,2,2,15,0.23
Oxidizer,24,20,23,32,23,30,152,2.3
Organic peroxide,2,1,0,0,0,0,3,0.05
Poisonous materials,37,23,27,21,24,38,170,2.6
Infectious substance (etiologic),0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Radioactive material,0,1,6,18,2,2,29,0.44
Corrosive material,447,416,398,314,294,305,"2,174",33.2
Miscellaneous hazardous materials,59,70,78,62,49,62,380,5.8
Total,"1,166","1,125","1,120",996,"1,077","1,064","6,548",100
"1 Material, such as a consumer commodity, which presents a limited hazard during transportation due to its form, quantity, and packaging (49 CRF, ch. 1, sec. 173.144).",,,,,,,,
"NOTE: Due to multiple classes being involved in a single incident, the totals above may not correspond to the totals in other reports.",,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS) database, available at http://www.hazmat.dot.gov, as of July 19, 2001.",,,,,,,,
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