Is it safe to transport dangerous goods by road? (Environmental safety associated with dangerous goods transportation by road)

Abstract

The article introduces a point of view on the following matter: The likelihood of occurrence of a road traffic accident, when a vehicle carrying dangerous goods is involved, is the same as the likelihood of a local environmental disaster. The problems and gaps in the system of the state monitoring and control over this type of environmentally degrading activity are indicated. By incident or accident is meant here any event due to accidental circumstances which might place users of the tunnel in danger: Incidents having a serious effect on the tunnel's technical systems, road traffic accidents, fire, release of dangerous substances, etc.