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TABLE A4-20C: NUMBER OF DEATHS AND INJURIES ATTRIBUTED TO THE DANGEROUS GOODS, 2001 – 2006
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| Year |
Deaths |
Major |
Moderate |
Minor |
Totals |
| 20011 |
1 |
6 |
63 |
16 |
85 |
| 2002 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
2 |
22 |
| 2003 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
| 2004 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
12 |
| 2005 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
| 2001 – 2005 Average |
1 |
3 |
19 |
4 |
26 |
| 20062 |
1 |
0 |
173 |
0 |
17 |
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.
- One death and 43 injuries were due to a rail tank car accident involving anhydrous ammonia in
Red Deer, Alberta.
- 2006 accident data are preliminary based on accidents reported to TDG.
- 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
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