The report presents the results of a study of accidents involving railroad tank cars. The study is part of an overall effort to provide improved safety of rail transportation at reduced life-cycle costs. A major goal of the study is to provide a technical basis for development of improved safety standards based upon performance of vehicles, components, track construction and maintenance, and vehicle/track interaction. The characteristics of individual tank cars involved and the recorded causes of accidents were examined for the years 1981 through 1985. The severity and frequency of accident involvement were determined and the data were reduced to sets of vehicle, track, and operational factors. Because the annual accident counts were generally too small in any one grouping to draw statistically significant conclusions, the 5-year data were aggregated into one 5-year sample for most of the analyses. Statistically significant correlations in the vehicle/track characteristics affecting large numbers of accidents can be used to establish priorities for future tank car safety research and testing.
Tank Car Accident Data Analysis
1991
162 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Transportation Safety , Railroad tank cars , Railroad accidents , Accident analysis , Accident severity , Railroad tracks , Railroad car performance , Rail transportation , Derailment , Wheel rail interface , Accident statistics , Accident rates , Tanks(Containers) , Railroad car design , Railroad trucks
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