This report details a quantitative risk assessment conducted for transportation of selected hazardous materials on a national basis. These materials include six toxic-by-inhalation (TIH) chemicals, which account for more than 90% of the total TIH transportation-related risk; liquefied petroleum gas; gasoline; and explosives. For TIH materials, both highway and rail transportation are considered, and two classes of incidents are examined those that occur (1) during a traffic accident or a train derailment and (2) while en route from the origin to the destination, but not during an accident or derailment. For the other materials evaluated in the study, only accident-related incidents for highway transportation are considered because transportation-related risk for these materials is dominated by highway incidents.
National Risk Assessment for Selected Hazardous Materials in Transportation
2001
268 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Emergency Services & Planning , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Hazardous materials , Transportation safety , Risk assessment , Cargo transportation , Highway transportation , Rail transportation , LPG , Gasoline , Explosives , Chemicals , Motor vehicle accidents , Derailment , Toxicity
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