Improving Safety in the Transport of Hazardous Chemicals by Road in the Czech Republic

The introductory part will briefly recall the importance of chemicals for contemporary life in modern society. Attention will also be focused on hazardous substances in the Czech Republic, according to the Czech National Act on Chemical Substances and Mixtures, a total of 15 hazardous properties of hazardous chemicals are listed, and the most serious in terms of harm to human health are highly toxic, explosive and extremely flammable substances, which will be given attention. In the next part of the article, the issue of safe transport of dangerous goods is presented and discussed and the area is addressed by the international standard ADR (International Agreement concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road). Author team will also mention the special national rescue system in the Czech Republic, which was established in 1996, it is TRINS (transport information and accident system), its purpose, missions, interventions, etc. The main part is then focused on modelling the impact of accidents during the transport of selected hazardous chemical substances. Based on a literature search of information sources, modelling of the accident impacts of releases of certain substances, and an assessment of the current state of road transport, the author team will prepare and submit for public discussion their own proposals for improving the current state of the examined safety issue. Finally, a summary and conclusion on the given topic will be presented.