General Guideline for the Calculation of Risks in the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road

ID 867 | 28.07.2014

An introduction to the basic principles of risk assessment for chapter 1.9 ADR

Document adopted at the 84th and 85th sessions of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15) in May and October 2008.

Contents

1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Guideline Objectives and Application
2. Basic Definitions and Requirements
2.1 Definition of Technical Terms
2.2 Basic parameters3. Risk Analysis
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Scenario Definition
3.3 Statistical Data
3.4 Modelling Accident Consequences
3.5 Risk Estimation
4. Risk Evaluation