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PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS MATTERS BY ROAD TRANSPORT IN TERMS OF ROAD SAFETY IN CZECH REPUBLIC

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Pavlína Brožová - University of Pardubice, Jan Perner Transport Faculty, Department of Transport Technology and Control, Studentská 95, CZ-53210 Pardubice, Czech Republic -


Abstract

The paper is focused on the questions of road transport of dangerous matters, with an accent on traffic accidents. The accident frequency is one of the key elements influencing transport reliability. For that reason it is necessary to analyse the places of accident occurrence for minimizing accident frequency. It is possible to identify critical places on the road infrastructure of the Czech Republic with using the analysis of accident frequency. All of these factors will improve safety by this risk type of transport of matters. The safety of road transport of dangerous matters is influenced not only by characteristics of a utilized vehicle and by personality characteristics and knowledge of a driver, but also by a selected transport route.


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Acknowledgements:

The paper was supported by Institutional Research “Theory of transport systems” (MSM 0021627505) University of Pardubice.


References:

Brožová, P.; Buliček, J. 2008. Možnosti využití dopravního modelování pÅ™i plánování pÅ™eprav nebezpečných vÄ›cí silniční dopravou. Sborník pÅ™ednášek Krizové stavy a doprava, 4(4):21-26.

 

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