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Title:

Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident Data for Root Cause Analysis

Report No.:

HMCRP Report 1

Published:

2009

Washington, D.C.

Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Series:

Report (Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program - HMCRP)

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume

Online Access:

https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/hmcrp/hmcrp_...

Summary

Under HMCRP Project 02, Battelle Memorial Institute, along with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Calspan, RA-LUX, Mark Abkowitz, and Christopher Barkan, examined the recent literature on hazardous materials transportation incidents; interviewed carriers, shippers, and federal database managers; conducted detailed database analyses; and provided suggested technical changes to the databases that could improve the availability and quality of hazardous materials transportation incident data. The report also describes a pilot program to link the Hazardous Materials Incident Reporting System (HMIRS) and the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) that could show how such an enhancement might more effectively identify root causes.

Publ. Place

Washington, D.C.

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