Accident probability risk factors of hazardous freight transportation

Abstract

Transport accidents of hazardous substances are increasingly frequent and can cause serious injuries in densely inhabited areas of the environment. For quantitative risk assessment and mitigation planning, consequence modelling is necessary. The article points out the ways of reducing the risk of possible damage and probability of accident. The conditions of ensure safe transportation of hazardous freight, managing and minimising risk on carriage of such goods along the whole route are introduced. This article presents the probabilities in transport of hazardous freight, probability of a possible damage and that of a possible accident, when transporting hazardous freight and a method of calculating costs of damage to environment and that of calculating accident probability. The main possibilities to reduce accident probability and to raise transportation safety are described.