Protection device for a container for entrapping of materials and railroad cars, which includes at least one of these device

Protection device for a container or a tank for transporting hazardous and / or toxic substances by railway cars, said device comprising a protective wall (15) which is in the direction of a collision against a rigid object deformable, and wherein the protective wall is made of a material, which absorbs the kinetic energy of collision with the rigid object, characterized in that the railway car includes a support strut means (11) against the tailgating, which, in an area or in front of the regions of the container or tank, which could be triggered by a rigid object is arranged, that the protective wall (15) is made of an elastomer material and reinforcements (17, 19) having rigid plates, and that the protective wall (15) on the support strut means (11) is fixed against the collision.