Safety science is the study and
understanding of risks and hazards. Risk being the likelihood of an event occurring
and the consequence should an event occur, where hazard is the energy that
caused the damage and/or harm. An example of the above statement would be a
person driving on the wrong side of the road in low visibility. There is
already risks involved in driving, collisions with other road users being one
of the biggest. By driving on the wrong side of the road, the person has
increased their chance of being involved in an incident. Add in the low
visibility and the chances have increased once more. The consequence of this
behavior is extremely high as these actions could lead to death. If this
incident was to occur, then the hazard comes into effect. If the driver did
manage to get into a collision then the energy involved, being the momentum of
two vehicles colliding, would be the hazard.
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