Notes:

• The TDG program does not cover dangerous goods transported in bulk on ships or by pipeline.
  
• Accident data meet the reporting requirements defined in the TDG Regulations. TDG accidents can occur while dangerous goods are being transported, while they are handled, or during temporary storage pending transport.
  
• “In-transit” accidents include those that occur during actual transport. “Not-intransit” accidents are those that take place at facilities where the goods are prepared for transport or stored in the course of transport. Many of these accidents occur in warehouses while the goods are being handled prior to loading or after unloading.
  
• Minor injuries refer to those injuries that require first-aid treatment, moderate injuries involve emergency hospital treatment, and major injuries require overnight hospitalization.
  
• The decrease in reportable accidents is largely attributed to changes in the accident-reporting requirements contained in the Clear Language version of the TDG Regulations, which came into force on August 15, 2002. The new requirements are based solely upon the dangerous goods quantity released at the accident.

1. Total includes deaths and injuries caused by the dangerous goods, as detailed in Table A4-20C.
2. One death and 43 injuries were due to a rail tank car accident involving anhydrous ammonia in Red Deer, Alberta.
3. Revised figures.
4. 2006 accident data are preliminary based on accidents reported to TDG.
5. Fifteen injuries were due to an accident involving the transfer of hydrochloric acid from a rail tank car to a highway tank in Ontario.

Source: Transport Canada, Dangerous Goods Accident Information System