TRB's Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Web-Only Document 3: Evaluation of Small Quantities of Class 3 and Class 9 Hazardous Materials in Transportation identifies the commodities comprising Class 3 (Packing Group II and III) and Class 9 liquid hazardous material (HAZMAT) (UN 3082) to determine the risks of transportation of the HAZMAT in commerce by motor carriers. The research analyzes incident databases to discover patterns in the datasets, categorizes the failure causes of inci...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 13: Test Procedures and Classification Criteria for Release of Toxic Gases from Water-Reactive Materials identifies a procedure for measuring the rate of gas production when a water-reactive material evolving either a flammable gas or a toxic gas is combined with water.

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Web-Only Document 2: Model Education Curricula and Toolkit for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials includes model post-secondary education curricula that address the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the safe, secure, and efficient transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat). The model curricula, presented in the form of a toolkit that can be adapted for different audiences and educational purposes, consist of PowerPoint pr...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 12: Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice documents the current practice for hazardous materials transportation risk assessment by government agencies and the private sector. A PowerPoint presentation that describes the entire project is available.

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 10: Feasibility Study for Highway Hazardous Materials Bulk Package Accident Performance Data Collection explores methods to collect and analyze performance data for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-specified hazardous materials bulk packages such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles. The report also identifies and evaluates institutional challenges to data collection, and makes suggestions for overcoming these challen...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 11: Technical Assessment of Dry Ice Limits on Aircraft describes a technical approach to determining the maximum quantity of dry ice that may be safely carried aboard aircraft. The report includes guidelines for helping to determine safe limits for carriage of dry ice on commercial airplanes and a CD-ROM-based software tool designed to assist in determining appropriate dry ice loadings. The CD-ROM is packaged with the print version of ...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 9: A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents explores how local communities can develop or improve recovery planning and operations in response to hazardous materials transportation incidents.

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Web-Only Document 1: Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs explores existing research, planned research, and research gaps; and includes list of potential research projects in the area of hazardous materials transportation research.

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 7: Role of Human Factors in Preventing Cargo Tank Truck Rollovers analyzes the causes of the major driver factors contributing to cargo tank truck rollovers and offers safety, management, and communication practices that can be used to help potentially minimize or eliminate driver errors in cargo tank truck operations. The report focuses on three areas of practice--rollover-specific driver training and safety programs, the use of behav...

TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 8: Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments examines the challenges of advancing the use of electronic shipping papers as an alternative to the current paper-based hazardous materials communication system.