Environmental health, public safety, and social impacts associated with transportation accidents involving hazardous substances

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• Creators:
  Becker, S. M. ; Pitt, R. ; Clark, S. E.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Environmental impacts
  • Safety
  • Hazards and emergency operations
  • Social impacts
  • Hazardous materials
  • Traffic crashes
  • Chemical spills
  • Accidents
  • Chemicals
  • Contamination
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTCA-00214
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  Accidents involving chemicals or radioactive materials represent a significant threat to the environment, public ; health and safety, and community well-being. In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, no community ; is immune from the threat posed by environmental accidents and contamination. Even communities far removed ; from industrial production or storage facilities can still be at risk from accidents associated with the transport of ; hazardous materials. While a variety of studies have been conducted on aspects of major transportation accidents, ; few have attempted to examine both environmental and community aspects of the problem. In contrast, this report ; takes an integrated approach to hazardous transportation accidents by considering environmental, safety, economic, ; and psychosocial issues. The purpose of the project is to (1) quantify transportation-related accidents involving ; hazardous materials in the state, and (2) identify key longer-term environmental health, public safety, and social ; impacts that are often overlooked after major transportation-related hazardous materials accidents.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15443/dot_15443_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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