Risk assessment for transportation of Dangerous Goods through tunnels
Transportation of Dangerous Goods (DG) through tunnels must consider the safety of its users in all transport modes. A serious incident involving DG vehicle in a tunnel can be extremely costly in terms of loss of human life, environmental degradation, tunnel damage and transport disruption. The risks associated with DG vehicle transportation should be analysed and mitigated considering the balance of cost, risk and performance. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has developed a multimodal risk assessment standard to set out a clear and consistent approach for assessing the risk of the passage of DG vehicles through tunnels. This extended abstract summarises the new standard outlining the key concepts of risk assessment and the requirements of risk assessment methodology. This standard provides an innovative and evidence-based approach to the risk assessment of transporting DG through tunnels and provides significant economic benefit by saving travel time costs and enhancing the safety measures to mitigate the risks to the surrounding community and its customers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Extended abstract (practitioner)
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Authors:
- Shrestha, B
- Shrivastava, V
- Zagora, D L
- Christodoulou, C
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- Publication Date: 2023-9
Media Info
- Pagination: 446-448
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Hazardous materials; Methodology; Risk assessment; Tunnels
- Geographic Terms: Australia; New South Wales
- ATRI Terms: Dangerous goods; Methodology; Risk assessment; Tunnel
- ITRD Terms: 1103: Transport of hazardous materials
- Subject Areas: I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01931051
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 17 2024 2:48PM