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Influence of Safety Measures on the Risks of Transporting Dangerous Goods Through Road Tunnels

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  • Frank Saccomanno
  • Palle Haastrup

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Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) models are used to estimate the risks of transporting dangerous goods and to assess the merits of introducing alternative risk reduction measures for different transportation scenarios and assumptions. A comprehensive QRA model recently was developed in Europe for application to road tunnels. This model can assess the merits of a limited number of “native safety measures.” In this article, we introduce a procedure for extending its scope to include the treatment of a number of important “nonnative safety measures” of interest to tunnel operators and decisionmakers. Nonnative safety measures were not included in the original model specification. The suggested procedure makes use of expert judgment and Monte Carlo simulation methods to model uncertainty in the revised risk estimates. The results of a case study application are presented that involve the risks of transporting a given volume of flammable liquid through a 10‐km road tunnel.

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  • Frank Saccomanno & Palle Haastrup, 2002. "Influence of Safety Measures on the Risks of Transporting Dangerous Goods Through Road Tunnels," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(6), pages 1059-1069, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:22:y:2002:i:6:p:1059-1069
    DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00273
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    1. Ziemowit M. Malecha & Jarosaw Poliski & Maciej Chorowski, 2017. "Evaluation of the Consequences of a Cistern Truck Accident While Transporting Dangerous Substances through a Tunnel," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(12), pages 2475-2489, December.
    2. Konstantinos Kazaras & Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, 2014. "Challenges for current quantitative risk assessment (QRA) models to describe explicitly the road tunnel safety level," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(8), pages 953-968, September.
    3. Ciro Caliendo & Maria Luisa De Guglielmo, 2017. "Quantitative Risk Analysis on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Through a Bi‐Directional Road Tunnel," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(1), pages 116-129, January.
    4. Qiang Meng & Xiaobo Qu & Xinchang Wang & Vivi Yuanita & Siew Chee Wong, 2011. "Quantitative Risk Assessment Modeling for Nonhomogeneous Urban Road Tunnels," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(3), pages 382-403, March.

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