This report provides a statistical description of the types and severities of tractor semi-trailer accidents involving at least one fatality. The data were developed for use in risk assessment of hazardous materials transportation. A previous study (SAND93-2580) reviewed the availability of accident data for accidents involving heavy trucks, and provided statistics on accident data collected between 1980 and 1990. The current study is an extension of the previous work and describes data collected for heavy truck accidents occurring between 1992 and 1996. The TIFA database created at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute was extensively utilized. Supplementary data on collision and fire severity, which was not available in the TIFA database, were obtained by reviewing police reports and interviewing responders and witnesses for selected TIFA accidents. The results are described in terms of frequencies of different accident types and cumulative distribution functions for the peak contact velocity, rollover skid distance, effective fire temperature, fire size, fire separation, and fire duration.


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    Titel :

    Statistical Description of the Types and Severities of Accidents Involving Tractor Semi-Trailers, Updated Results for 1992-1996


    Beteiligte:
    D. F. Blower (Autor:in) / D. B. Clauss (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1999


    Format / Umfang :

    91 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch