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Table 2-8: Reporting Thresholds for Property Damage by U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> ModalAdministrationsModal administrationFederal Aviation AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Railroad AdministrationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationReporting thresholdMore than $25,000 damage to property other than the aircraft.None; each state defines its own threshold and FHWA collects state reports.More than $9,200 in damages to railroad on-track equipment, signals, track, trackstructures, and roadbed for accidents other than at grade-crossings. No thresholdfor grade-crossing accidents.None; property-damage-only crashes are recorded through the General EstimatesSystem, a nationally representative sample <strong>of</strong> police-reported crashes <strong>of</strong> allseverities.Federal Transit Administration More than $25,000.Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration More than $50,000 for gas pipelines.More than $50,000 for hazardous liquid pipelines.U. S. Coast Guard More than $25,000 for commercial vessels.More than $2,000 or complete loss <strong>of</strong> vessel for recreational boats.SOURCESFederal Aviation Administration: 49 CFR 830.5 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).Federal Highway Administration: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Highway Administration, personal communication, Dec 2007.Federal Railroad Administration: 49 CFR 225.19 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, TrafficSafety Facts 2006 , DOT HS 810 818 (Washington, DC: 2006), available at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810818.pdf, as <strong>of</strong> may 17, 2011.Federal Transit Administration: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, 2010 Safety andSecurity Reporting Manual (Washington, DC: 2010), available at:http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/pubs/safetyRM/2010/pdf/2010_S&S_Reporting_Manual.pdf as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011.Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration:Gas pipeline: 49 CFR 191.3 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).Hazardous liquid pipelines: 49 CFR 195.50 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).U.S. Coast Guard:Commercial shipping: 46 CFR 4.05-1 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).Recreational boating: 33 CFR 173.55 (as <strong>of</strong> May 17, 2011).

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