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This data set contains all incidents which were reported to PHMSA based on reporting criteria that was in effect at the time of the incident and which has changed both significantly and multiple times over the years. For specific information and dates concerning these changes between 1990 and 2011, see History of PHMSA Incident Reporting Criteria.

It should also be noted that the All Reported Incidents data set does not include any adjustments to account for commodity cost fluctuations or general inflation as has been done in the case of Significant Incidents. As a result, the All Reported Incidents data set is not intended for historical trending. For the data set which is intended for historical trending, see Significant Pipeline Incidents.

The tables below show the number of incidents reported in a year for each type of pipeline operator. Each year and selected column totals provide links to focused reports showing the causes of the corresponding incidents.

The data source for this table is the PHMSA Flagged Incident File.(1)

Where appropriate, the table columns can be sorted by clicking the corresponding column header.

In addition to the Significant Incident designation mentioned above, there is also a designation for Serious Incident which counts only incidents involving a fatality or injury. See Serious Pipeline Incidents for information on this smaller subset of incidents.

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National All Pipeline Systems: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	445	17	111	$67,255,574	116,802	57,559
1994	467	22	(D) 120	$160,596,517	164,387	114,002
1995	349	21	64	$53,427,112	110,237	53,113
1996	381	53	127	$114,467,631	160,316	100,949
1997	346	10	77	$79,757,922	195,549	103,129
1998	389	21	81	$126,851,351	149,500	60,791
1999	339	22	108	$130,110,339	167,230	104,487
2000	380	38	81	$191,822,840	108,652	56,953
2001	341	7	61	$63,092,462	98,348	77,456
2002	(E) 644	12	49	$102,107,745	97,255	77,953
2003	673	12	71	$139,011,279	81,308	50,889
2004	672	23	60	$271,844,536	89,311	69,003
2005	721	14	48	(F) $1,246,807,189	138,094	46,246
2006	641	21	36	$150,998,066	137,693	53,905
2007	615	15	50	$154,861,939	94,981	68,941
2008	661	8	57	$567,200,000	102,076	69,510
2009	631	13	64	$180,126,671	55,014	32,307
2010	591	22	109	$1,465,343,097	174,396	123,407
2011	595	14	60	$367,874,462	136,377	105,525
2012	567	12	56	$192,080,101	53,985	32,650
Totals	10,448	377	1,490	$5,825,636,833	2,431,516	1,458,780
2013 YTD	191	4	17	$58,203,884	42,498	31,679
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	584	16	75	$675,099,220	121,587	87,195
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	609	14	69	$554,524,866	104,370	72,680
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	637	15	61	$473,614,734	106,324	65,239

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National Hazardous Liquid: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	229	0	10	$28,873,651	116,802	57,559
1994	245	1	(D) 7	$62,166,058	164,387	114,002
1995	188	3	11	$32,518,689	110,237	53,113
1996	194	5	13	$85,136,315	160,316	100,949
1997	171	0	5	$55,186,642	195,549	103,129
1998	153	2	6	$63,308,923	149,500	60,791
1999	167	4	20	$86,355,560	167,230	104,487
2000	146	1	4	$150,555,745	108,652	56,953
2001	130	0	10	$25,346,751	98,348	77,456
2002	(E) 460	1	0	$51,633,852	97,255	77,953
2003	435	0	5	$67,420,310	81,308	50,889
2004	377	5	16	$166,074,233	89,311	69,003
2005	369	2	2	$306,454,691	138,094	46,246
2006	355	0	2	$75,120,424	137,693	53,905
2007	332	4	10	$60,804,979	94,981	68,941
2008	375	2	2	$148,277,329	102,076	69,510
2009	342	4	4	$74,066,565	55,014	32,307
2010	350	1	4	$1,032,383,764	174,396	123,407
2011	346	1	2	$248,094,964	136,377	105,525
2012	365	3	4	$115,739,605	53,985	32,650
Totals	5,729	39	137	$2,935,519,050	2,431,516	1,458,780
2013 YTD	124	0	1	$42,667,135	42,498	31,679
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	354	2	3	$465,406,111	121,587	87,195
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	356	2	3	$323,712,445	104,370	72,680
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	365	2	5	$229,443,686	106,324	65,239

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National Hazardous Liquid Onshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	224	0	10	$27,770,651	116,430	57,503
1994	241	1	(D) 7	$61,837,058	160,136	109,751
1995	184	3	11	$31,818,689	110,230	53,106
1996	189	5	13	$84,331,311	153,750	94,383
1997	161	0	5	$42,382,642	189,058	99,266
1998	141	2	6	$52,564,979	138,227	51,253
1999	160	4	20	$84,352,560	163,836	101,147
2000	138	1	4	$131,924,797	106,355	54,663
2001	128	0	10	$24,929,751	98,347	77,455
2002	(E) 455	1	0	$49,738,342	97,255	77,952
2003	431	0	5	$67,381,310	81,303	50,884
2004	364	5	16	$86,582,763	77,395	58,548
2005	351	2	2	$276,947,278	137,026	45,178
2006	345	0	2	$59,586,444	137,116	53,334
2007	329	4	10	$60,027,717	94,967	68,941
2008	368	2	2	$136,875,358	102,044	69,478
2009	336	4	4	$63,112,545	53,514	31,083
2010	345	1	4	$1,029,144,791	174,389	123,400
2011	343	1	2	$242,788,054	136,298	105,525
2012	362	3	4	$114,869,598	53,985	32,650
Totals	5,595	39	137	$2,728,966,638	2,381,666	1,415,505
2013 YTD	124	0	1	$42,667,135	42,498	31,679
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	350	2	3	$462,267,481	121,558	87,192
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	351	2	3	$317,358,069	104,047	72,428
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	357	2	5	$213,731,586	104,804	63,903

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National Hazardous Liquid Offshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)	Gross Barrels Spilled (Haz Liq)	Net Barrels Lost (Haz Liq) (C)
1993	5	0	0	$1,103,000	372	56
1994	4	0	(D) 0	$329,000	4,251	4,251
1995	4	0	0	$700,000	7	7
1996	5	0	0	$805,004	6,566	6,566
1997	10	0	0	$12,804,000	6,491	3,863
1998	12	0	0	$10,743,944	11,273	9,538
1999	7	0	0	$2,003,000	3,394	3,340
2000	8	0	0	$18,630,948	2,297	2,290
2001	2	0	0	$417,000	1	1
2002	(E) 5	0	0	$1,895,510	0	0
2003	4	0	0	$39,000	5	5
2004	13	0	0	$79,491,470	11,916	10,455
2005	18	0	0	$29,507,413	1,068	1,068
2006	10	0	0	$15,533,980	576	571
2007	3	0	0	$777,262	14	0
2008	7	0	0	$11,401,971	31	31
2009	6	0	0	$10,954,020	1,500	1,224
2010	5	0	0	$3,238,973	6	6
2011	3	0	0	$5,306,910	79	0
2012	3	0	0	$870,007	0	0
Totals	134	0	0	$206,552,412	49,850	43,275
2013 YTD	0	0	0	$0	0	0
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	4	0	0	$3,138,630	29	2
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	5	0	0	$6,354,376	324	253
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	7	0	0	$15,712,101	1,520	1,336

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National Gas Transmission: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	93	1	16	$23,035,268
1994	74	0	22	$43,878,806
1995	54	2	7	$9,719,250
1996	76	1	5	$13,078,474
1997	68	1	5	$11,658,117
1998	88	1	11	$41,624,324
1999	49	2	8	$17,456,834
2000	76	15	16	$16,966,261
2001	75	2	5	$13,731,347
2002	73	1	4	$25,369,153
2003	93	1	8	$48,765,101
2004	102	0	2	$35,581,907
2005	160	0	5	$298,074,982
2006	130	3	3	$40,838,273
2007	111	2	7	$62,039,156
2008	122	0	5	$256,011,440
2009	105	0	11	$55,911,891
2010	110	10	61	$409,164,500
2011	118	0	1	$95,965,869
2012	109	0	7	$52,119,910
Totals	1,886	42	209	$1,570,990,863
2013 YTD	29	0	0	$7,276,639
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	112	3	23	$185,750,093
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	113	2	17	$173,834,722
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	116	2	11	$135,447,303

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National Gas Transmission Onshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	81	1	16	$17,582,268
1994	52	0	15	$41,386,306
1995	41	0	7	$6,818,250
1996	62	1	5	$10,947,086
1997	58	1	5	$10,056,885
1998	72	1	11	$34,165,324
1999	42	2	8	$16,526,834
2000	65	15	16	$15,206,371
2001	67	2	5	$12,095,165
2002	57	1	4	$15,878,915
2003	81	1	8	$45,406,172
2004	82	0	2	$10,519,343
2005	106	0	5	$190,703,949
2006	108	3	3	$31,103,314
2007	87	2	7	$43,589,848
2008	93	0	5	$111,977,088
2009	92	0	11	$43,988,350
2010	85	10	61	$397,844,261
2011	106	0	1	$89,613,077
2012	93	0	7	$45,896,450
Totals	1,530	40	202	$1,191,305,256
2013 YTD	26	0	0	$5,634,852
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	95	3	23	$177,784,596
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	94	2	17	$137,863,845
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	93	2	11	$101,064,185

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National Gas Transmission Offshore: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	12	0	0	$5,453,000
1994	22	0	7	$2,492,500
1995	13	2	0	$2,901,000
1996	14	0	0	$2,131,388
1997	10	0	0	$1,601,232
1998	16	0	0	$7,459,000
1999	7	0	0	$930,000
2000	11	0	0	$1,759,890
2001	8	0	0	$1,636,182
2002	16	0	0	$9,490,238
2003	12	0	0	$3,358,929
2004	20	0	0	$25,062,564
2005	54	0	0	$107,371,033
2006	22	0	0	$9,734,959
2007	24	0	0	$18,449,308
2008	29	0	0	$144,034,352
2009	13	0	0	$11,923,541
2010	25	0	0	$11,320,239
2011	12	0	0	$6,352,792
2012	16	0	0	$6,223,460
Totals	356	2	7	$379,685,607
2013 YTD	3	0	0	$1,641,787
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	18	0	0	$7,965,497
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	19	0	0	$35,970,877
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	23	0	0	$34,383,118

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National Gas Gathering: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	2	0	1	$0
1994	7	0	0	$1,291,487
1995	10	0	3	$238,500
1996	1	0	0	$0
1997	5	0	0	$420,000
1998	11	0	0	$2,862,986
1999	5	0	0	$384,287
2000	4	0	2	$902,000
2001	12	0	0	$9,942,878
2002	9	0	1	$1,300,538
2003	4	0	0	$1,793,460
2004	20	0	1	$32,549,185
2005	22	0	2	$142,934,775
2006	16	0	1	$11,301,998
2007	21	0	0	$6,108,094
2008	19	0	0	$124,067,122
2009	27	0	0	$18,163,905
2010	9	0	0	$3,327,995
2011	9	0	0	$1,387,617
2012	10	0	0	$1,003,588
Totals	223	0	11	$359,980,415
2013 YTD	0	0	0	$0
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	9	0	0	$1,906,400
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	15	0	0	$29,590,045
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	16	0	0	$34,263,774

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National Gas Distribution: All Reported Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage as Reported (A) (B)
1993	121	16	84	$15,346,655
1994	141	21	91	$53,260,166
1995	97	16	43	$10,950,673
1996	110	47	109	$16,252,842
1997	102	9	67	$12,493,163
1998	137	18	64	$19,055,118
1999	118	16	80	$25,913,658
2000	154	22	59	$23,398,834
2001	124	5	46	$14,071,486
2002	102	10	44	$23,804,202
2003	141	11	58	$21,032,408
2004	173	18	41	$37,639,211
2005	170	12	39	(F) $499,342,741
2006	140	18	30	$23,737,371
2007	151	9	33	$25,909,710
2008	145	6	50	$38,844,109
2009	157	9	49	$31,984,310
2010	122	11	44	$20,466,838
2011	122	13	57	$22,426,012
2012	83	9	45	$23,216,998
Totals	2,610	296	1,133	$959,146,505
2013 YTD	38	4	16	$8,260,110
3 Year Average (2010-2012)	109	11	49	$22,036,616
5 Year Average (2008-2012)	126	10	49	$27,387,653
10 Year Average (2003-2012)	140	12	45	$74,459,971

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Notes

1. The costs presented here are nominal (that is, as reported by the Operator at the time of the incident) and are not adjusted to account for commodity cost fluctuations or general inflation.
2. For years 2002 and later, property damage is estimated as the sum of all public and private costs reported in the 30-day incident report. For years prior to 2002, accident report forms did not include a breakdown of public and private costs so property damage for these years is the reported total property damage field in the report.
3. Net Barrels Lost applies only to Liquid incidents and is the difference between Gross Barrels Spilled and Barrels Recovered.
4. Does not include 1,851 injuries that required medical treatment reported for the October, 1994 accidents that were caused by severe flooding near Houston, Texas.
5. In 2002, one of the more significant of several incident reporting criterion changes occurred. One of PHMSA's reporting criterion for hazardous liquid pipeline incidents (the one based on volume released) was lowered from 50 barrels to 5 gallons, resulting in a significant increase in the number of hazardous liquid incidents reported.
6. Approximately 94% of the Property Damage for Gas Distribution Incidents in 2005 was caused by flooding in New Orleans. The $466.5 million associated with this incident represents lost gas and operator property damage, but does not include damage to public and private property caused by the flooding.

Sources

1. PHMSA Flagged Incidents File - April 30, 2013. Note: Incidents occurring up to 30 days prior the Incident File source date may not appear in these reports due to the 30-day reporting period allowed by PHMSA regulation.

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