Location and surrounding areas in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance in the area of the motorway

The Major Accidents Ordinance (MAO, SR 814.012) aims to protect the population and the environment from severe damage caused by major accidents. It stipulates that the owners of a transport route, an enterprise, or a pipeline facility must independently implement safety measures and governs the control and assessment procedures carried out by the authorities. The MAO applies to transit roads as defined in the Ordinance on Transit Roads, on which dangerous goods are transported or handled in accordance with the Ordinance of 17 April 1985 on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road (SDR) or the corresponding international agreements (ADR). According to Article 1 of the Ordinance on Transit Roads, transit roads are open to general through traffic. These include motorways, expressways, and main roads.

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Identifier 92fa644c-ca5c-4edf-a3d1-114d27720475@bundesamt-fur-strassen-astra
Title for URL of the dataset lage-und-angrenzende-bereiche-gemass-storfallverordnung-im-bereich-nationalstrassen
Schedule the publication of the dataset -
Issued date March 13, 2025
Modification date -
Conforms to -
Update interval Irregular
Temporal coverage -
Publisher Information Federal Roads Office
Contact points info@astra.admin.ch
Languages Language independent
URL https://www.astra.admin.ch/astra/de/home/fachleute/weitere-bereiche/geoinformation/geobasisdaten.html
Relation geocat.ch permalink
Spatial Schweiz
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