Use of risk management methods to reduce transport accidents.

Abstract

This article contains an analysis of regulations, scientific and educational as well as practical work on transport accidents reducing and risk management methods using to achieve this purpose.

It is shown that a company must identify the risks and opportunities that need to be taken into account for achieving the planned result as well as increasing the number of desired effects, side effects prevention or reducing and improvement achieving.

The company should plan and integrate actions regarding these risks and opportunities into management processes. It is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of such actions.

Risks are supposed to be identified as well as risk analysis process are supposed to be initiated. It is proposed to recognize the following as the process control points: non-compliance of the rolling stock technical condition with the requirements that determine its safe operation (point 1); driver's actions non-compliance with the requirements of traffic rules as well as operation instructions for the vehicle and driver's instructions (point 2).

The risk register is compiled. A quantitative risk analysis is performed. It contains the value of the risk indicator, for example, in accordance with HKN 00.005.009–2002. Then there were recommendations to reduce the risk by avoiding the risk (cessation of activities that lead to risk) or accepting the risk (no action is taken to reduce the event likelihood or its impact). Further research should be aimed at expanding the risk register for transport activities and improving the methods for risk management assessing in the company.

Key words: transport, traffic safety, accident, risk, management, analysis, process, control points, risk identifier, risk register.