Exploring Risk Factors Contributing to the Severity of Hazardous Material Transportation Accidents in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15475312 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yingying Xing (0000-0001-9803-4206, Tongji University), Shengdi Chen (0000-0002-6891-2407, Shanghai Maritime University), Shengxue Zhu (0000-0001-6713-2831, Huaiyin Institute of Technology), Yi Zhang (0000-0002-7581-7061, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Jian Lu (0000-0002-8473-9296, Tongji University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1344-1344 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph17041344 |
| PMID | 32093095 |
| OpenAlex | W3007953678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 50 |
With the increasing demand of hazardous material (Hazmat), traffic accidents occurred frequently during Hazmat transportation, which had caused widespread concern in communities. Therefore, a good understanding of Hazmat transportation accident characteristics and contributing factors is of practical importance. In this study, 1721 Hazmat accidents that have occurred during road transportation for the period 2014-2017 in China were examined, and a random-parameters ordered probit model was established to explore the influence of contributing factors on the severity of accidents by accounting for unobserved heterogeneity in the data. Both the injuries and the number of people evacuated were considered as the indicator of accident severity and investigated, respectively. Results show that higher injury severity is likely to be associated with type of Hazmat (compressed gas, explosive, and poison), misoperation, driver fatigue, speeding, tunnel, slope, county road, dry road surface, winter, dark, more than two vehicles, rear end crash, and explosion. As for the correlation between risk factors and the severity of evacuation, type of Hazmat (compressed gas, explosive, and poison), quantity of Hazmat (10-39 t), misoperation, county road, dry road surface, weekdays, dusk, explosion significantly contribute to increasing the severity of evacuation of Hazmat accidents
China · Environmental health · Forensic engineering · Geography · Hazardous waste · Poison control · Road accident · Transport engineering · Waste management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Risk and Safety Analysis · Traffic and Road Safety
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |