A practical approach for the evaluation of acceptable risk in road tunnels |
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| Authors: | Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen Willy Røed Ruben Jongejan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning , University of Stavanger , Stavanger , Norway eirik.b.abrahamsen@uis.no;3. Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning , University of Stavanger , Stavanger , Norway;4. Proactima AS , Stavanger , Norway;5. Hydraulic Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Delft , The Netherlands;6. Jongejan RMC , Delft , The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | In many European countries it is common to adopt quantitative criteria in evaluation of acceptable risk in road tunnels. Such criteria, usually expressed by FN-criteria and IR-values, will easily lead to a regime that is difficult to adopt in practice, as the use of such criteria requires extensive analyses and documentation for all types of tunnels. In this paper, a more practical approach for the evaluation of acceptable risk in road tunnels is presented, in which quantitative risk acceptance criteria are used for some road tunnels, while qualitative criteria are used for others. This means that varying degrees of effort and documentation are necessary for the evaluation of acceptable risk in road tunnels. The approach suggested is inspired by challenges in Norway. |
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| Keywords: | risk analysis risk assessment tunnel safety risk acceptance |
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