Risk occurrence measures for dangerous goods transport on a road network

The purpose of this paper is to analyze some measures of risk occurrence relative to Dangerous Goods Transport (DGT) in the context of Transportation Risk Analysis (TRA). An index is proposed starting from the international classification of DGT and uses some specific parameters to weight the distances traveled by DGT.

• Summary URL:
  https://doi.org/10.2495/SAFE130471
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• Authors:
  • Russo, F
  • Rindone, C
• Conference:
  • 5th International Conference on Safety & Security Engineering
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2013-9-17 to 2013-9-19
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Safety and Security Engineering V
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Issue Number: 134
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Hazardous materials; Risk analysis; Traffic crashes; Urban goods movement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495158
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845647445
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 2 2013 9:24PM