IMPACT OF EXTREME MAN-CAUSED CONDITIONS ON RAILWAY TRANSPORT DURING THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

This article discusses the main causes of emergency situations that occur during the transportation of dangerous goods by rail. The most common in railway transport - emergencies include derailment of rolling stock, collisions, various collisions at railway crossings, fires of various types and direct - explosions of flammable goods loaded on straight cars, erosion of railway tracks during seasonal downpours, breakdowns in traffic trains due to landslides. Also, dangerous goods, compressed gas, flammable substances, biological and chemical radioactive substances, the occurrence of a fire during transportation cause man-made emergencies.