Download or read book Major Hazard Aspects of the Transport of Dangerous Substances written by Great Britain. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report of a five-year study prepared by a sub-committee of the HSC's Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances. The terms of reference included the identification of appropriate control measures and advice on any additional action that might be necessary. The study examined the relative risks from the transport of dangerous substances (excluding radioactive substances) by road and rail and concluded that no one mode of transport is always safer than the other.