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2002 - 2003 Summary of Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents

PHMSA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHM) maintains the Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS). This system is the principal source of safety data related to hazardous materials transportation. It contains comprehensive information on hazardous materials incidents, exemptions and approvals, enforcement actions, and other elements that support the regulatory program.

Once a year PHMSA prepares an analysis of the current hazardous materials incidents data. This analysis is a snapshot of the data at that time and does not reflect the additional incident reports PHMSA receives after that time. To see the most up-to-date Incident information, go to the "Hazardous Materials Incident Summary Statistics and Data".

The following table contains the summary and each of the Hazmat charts, graphs, and tables from the 2002 - 2003 Summary of Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents. The summary and exhibits are available for download here.

2002 - 2003 Summary and Exhibits

The following files are in Adobe PDF format.
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Number Type Summary or Exhibit Title
2003sum.pdf Entire report1 Full report including summary, tables, exhibits and maps (9.26M)
0 Summary1 Safety Performance Data (79KB)
1.1 Table1 Incident Statistics by Mode and Reporting Year (1996-2003) (71KB)
1.2 Table1 Incident Statistics by Mode and Reporting Year: Serious Incidents (1996-2003) (70KB)
1.3 Table1 Incident Statistics by Mode and Reporting Year: Accident/Derailment Incident (1996-2003)(59KB)
1.4 Table1 Incident Statistics by Mode and Reporting Year: Hazardous Waste Incidents(1996-2003) (60KB)
2.1 Graph Hazardous Material Incidents (1996-2003) (34KB)
2.2 Graph1 Fatalities Due to Hazardous Materials (1996-2003) (34KB)
2.3 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Highway by Bulk and Non-Bulk (1996-2003) (992KB)
2.4 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Rail by Bulk and Non-Bulk (1996-2003) (992KB)
2.5 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Air (1996-2003) (35KB)
2.6 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Water (1996-2003) (35KB)
3.1 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents (1989-2003) (35KB)
3.2 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Serious Incidents (1992-2003) (63KB)
3.3 Graph1 Hazardous Material Incidents: Bulk and Non-Bulk Incidents (1992-2003) (74KB)
4.1.1 Table1 Incidents and Damages by Hazard Class (2002) (43KB)
4.1.2 Table1 Incidents and Damages by Hazard Class (2003) (43KB)
4.1.3 Table1 Incidents by Hazard Class (2002) (57KB)
4.1.4 Table1 Incidents by Hazard Class (2003) (57KB)
4.2.1 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Injuries by Hazard Class (2002) (39KB)
4.2.2 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Injuries by Hazard Class (2003) (39KB)
4.3 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Fatalities by Hazard Class/Hazardous Material (1996-2003) (41KB)
4.4.1 Table1 Incidents by Top 50 Hazardous Materials Hazard Class (2002) (41KB)
4.4.2 Table1 Incidents by Top 50 Hazardous Materials Hazard Class (2003) (41KB)
4.5.1 Table1 Serious Incidents by Hazardous Material (2002) (41KB)
4.5.2 Table1 Serious Incidents by Hazardous Material (2003) (42KB)
5 Graph1 Characterization of Hazardous Materials Incident Damages (2003) (38KB)
6.1 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Cause by Mode (2002) (41KB)
6.2 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Cause by Mode (2003) (41KB)
7.1 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Evacuations - Cause and Consequence by Mode (2002) (41KB)
7.2 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Evacuations - Cause and Consequence by Mode (2003) (41KB)
8.1.1 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Transportation Phase (2002) (37KB)
8.1.2 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Transportation Phase (2003) (37KB)
8.2.1 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Bulk and Non-Bulk (2002) (38KB)
8.2.2 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Bulk and Non-Bulk (2003) (39KB)
8.3.1 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Time of Day (2002) (543KB)
8.3.2 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Consequences by Time of Day (2003) (480KB)
9.1 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Serious Incidents by Time of Day: Bulk and Non-Bulk (2002) (584KB)
9.2 Graph1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Serious Incidents by Time of Day: Bulk and Non-Bulk (2003) (578KB)
10.1 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By State (2002) (47KB)
10.2 Table1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By State (2003) (47KB)
11.1.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By Incident Location (2002) (353KB)
11.1.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By Incident Location (2003) (355KB)
11.2.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By Shipment Origin (2002) (356KB)
11.2.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: By Shipment Origin (2003) (358KB)
11.3.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Highway Incidents (2002) (354KB)
11.3.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Highway Incidents (2003) (355KB)
11.4.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Rail Incidents (2002) (351KB)
11.4.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Rail Incidents (2003) (353KB)
11.5.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Loading/Unloading Incidents (2003) (354KB)
11.5.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: Loading/Unloading Incidents (2003) (356KB)
11.6.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: En-Route Incidents (2002) (352KB)
11.6.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents: En-Route Incidents (2003) (354KB)
11.7.1 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents by Incident Location: Serious Incidents (2002) (351KB)
11.7.2 Map1 Hazardous Materials Incidents by Incident Location: Serious Incidents (2003) (353KB)

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