Present Practices of Highway Transportation of Hazardous Materials

Details

• Creators:
  Harwood, D.W. ; Russell, Eugene R.
• Corporate Creators:
  Midwest Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development ; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hazardous materials
  • Trucking safety
  • Risk assessment
  • Routes and routing
  • Highway safety
  • Highway transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-89-013
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; August 1986-November 1989
• Contracting Officer:
  J. G. Viner, HSR-30
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the state of the art of safe management materials transportation by highway. The report includes a review of literature related to hazardous materials transportation safety; a review of the responsibilities and current practices of Federal, State, and local agencies; a critique of current sources of accident, incident, and exposure data; an analysis of existing accident, incident, and exposure data bases; a review of current methodologies for establishing safe routes for hazardous materials transportation; recommendations for improving the current FHWA routing guidelines; and recommendations for future research related to highway transportation of hazardous materials.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-86-C-00039
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40034/dot_40034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.97 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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