TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - A survey on hazardous materials accidents during road transport in China from 2000 to 2008
JO  - Journal of hazardous materials
A1  - Yang, Jingzhen
A1  - Li, Feng
A1  - Zhou, Jia
A1  - Zhang, Linhe
A1  - Huang, Lan
A1  - Bi, Jun
SP  - 647
EP  - 653
VL  - 184
IS  - 1-3
N2  - A study of 322 accidents that occurred during the road transport of hazardous materials (hazmat) in China from 2000 to 2008 was carried out. The results showed an increase in the frequency of accidents from 2000 to 2007 and a decline in 2008. More than 63% of the accidents occurred in the eastern coastal areas, 25.5% in the central inland areas, and only 10.9% in the western remote areas. The most frequent types of accident were releases (84.5%), followed by gas clouds (13.0%), fires (10.2%), no substance released due to timely measures (9.9%), and explosions (5.9%). The spatial distribution, the causes and consequences of the accidents related to the population (e.g., number of people killed, injured, evacuated, or poisoned), and environment elements were analyzed. Finally, conclusions are drawn concerning the need to improve certain safety measures in the road transport of hazmat in China.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-3894
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.085
ID  - ref1
ER  -