How Dangerous Is It to Travel?

Torbjörn Thedéen, Evert Andersson, Lena Mårtensson and Olle Rutgersson
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Torbjörn Thedéen: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Evert Andersson: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Lena Mårtensson: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Olle Rutgersson: Chalmers Lindholmen at Chalmers University of Technology

Chapter 9 in Risks in Technological Systems, 2010, pp 123-142 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we shall mainly consider risks to persons and only briefly consider risks to the environment (compare with Chapter 6). Risks connected with traffic by road, by rail, in the air, and at sea are considered. The economic progress of society is accompanied by an increase in transportation, which has not been replaced by telecommunication. On the contrary, telecommunication has given rise to more travel. The travel mode distribution has changed from a dominant role of travel by sea, horse, and on foot to include car, rail, and air traffic. The transportation of individuals has increased dramatically in the Western world. In the European Union (EU), for example, the daily travel distance per person has increased by 20 % during the last decade and was, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, 36 kilometers per day (EU, 2007). The modal split of the traffic load in EU is given in Table 9.1.

Keywords: European Union; International Maritime Organization; Transportation Mode; Federal Aviation Administration; Passenger Ship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-641-0_9

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