EVALUATION OF METHODS TO COMPARE CONSEQUENCES FROM HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

The need was identified for methods that can effectively communicate information about the relative consequences of accidents involving different kinds of hazardous materials, and a 2-phase study was conducted to develop a framework for making meaningful comparisons of the consequences from transportation accidents involving hazardous materials. In the first phase of this study, methods that could potentially be used to develop the consequence comparisons of hazardous material transportation accidents were identified and reviewed. Improvements to these methods were identified and several methods were selected for detailed evaluation in the second phase. It was found that methods are available that can be used to perform technically defensible comparisons of the consequences from a wide variety of hazardous materials. The recommendation is made that future work focus on development of methods to present safety-related information to nontechnical audiences rather than on refinements to the consequence comparison methods.

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352

  Sandia National Laboratories

  P.O. Box 5800
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87185
• Authors:
  • Rhoads, R E
  • Franklin, A L
  • LAVENDER, J C
• Publication Date: 1986-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: UC71

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Crashes; Evaluation; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Impact studies; Improvements; Information dissemination; Methodology
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462131
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAND86-7117
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1988 12:00AM