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Department for engines and vehicles , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministry of Transport and Communications, Government of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
EU Tunnel Directive 2004/54/EC aims to ensure a minimum level of safety for users in road tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network. EU member states are required to develop, at national level, their own detailed methodology for tunnel risk assessment. Along with that, ADR as the UN regulation in the field of dangerous good transportation by road, contains provisions concerning restrictions on the passage of vehicles carrying dangerous goods in road tunnels. Tunnel category A-E is assigned to each tunnel on the transport route, which regulate the types of dangerous goods to be allowed to go through the tunnel in order to avoid any hazards with major consequences. In this paper, basic principles of risk assessment and categorization of tunnels in accordance.
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