How often are hazardous materials passing right by Midwestern drivers, homes?

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In an analysis by USA Today Network partners across the Midwest, we looked at the data for incidents involving hazardous materials. We found that 20% of all hazmat incidents since 2013 happened in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.

Here's a look at our investigation into transporting hazardous materials through the Midwest.

Huge amounts of hazardous materials pass through Midwest every day. How safe are residents?

A deeper look at the numbers

6 things to know from our investigation

▶ Top hazardous material incidents in the Midwest since 2013, by state

Indianapolis firefighters fought intense flames after a tanker truck carrying about 4,000 gallons of jet fuel overturned and ignited in the intersection of interstates 465 and 70 on the city's east side on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.
One of the chemical tankers has "NTSB HOLD" sprayed on its side at the East Palesine train derailment site on Saturday, February 25, 2023. What appears to be smoke rising behind the tanker is dust from an excavator working on the site. A Feb. 3 train derailment has had toxic ramifications for the Columbiana County community. "NTSB" stands for the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates transportation accidents.
The scene at a tanker fire that closed I-94 near the Dearborn-Detroit border today.
First responders are on the scene of a train derailment at in eastern Kentucky, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.  Two crew members of the CSX train were initially trapped and a flammable liquid was leaking into a nearby river, said Charles Maynard with Pike County Emergency Management. Maynard said he wan't sure if the crew members were injured but that crews were trying to extricate them. He wasn't aware of any other reports of possible injuries. (Russ Cassady/Appalachian News-Express via AP)

IndyStar, Detroit Free-Press, Cincinnati Enquirer, Louisville Courier Journal and Peoria Journal-Star journalists contributed to this investigation.

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