Based on shipping assumptions and the current accident rate of 2.5 x 10 exp -6 per mile, it is estimated that gasoline tank trucks will be involved in 1,781 accidents in 1980, and that 110 of the accidents (about one in 15) will result in a release of 3,000 gallons of gasoline or more from the tank truck. About one in four of the releases are expected to result in a large fire. The estimated number of fatalities from the gasoline releases in 1980 is 29, with 12 of these fatalities being drivers of gasoline tank trucks, and the other 17 being occupants of other vehicles involved in the accident. Fatalities of other members of the public were found to occur infrequently. An additional 26 persons are expected to be fatally injured from the accident forces, regardless of the hazardous nature of the cargo. These total fatality figures (55) were compared to the prediction of 43 deaths of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety. (ERA citation 04:048131)


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    Title :

    Assessment of the Risk of Transporting Gasoline by Truck


    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    190 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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