CASE STUDIES OF HEAVY-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

ETUDE DE SITUATIONS D'ACCIDENTS DE POIDS LOURDS

THE GENERAL AIM OF THE STUDY IS TO MODIFY THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF HEAVY VEHICLES WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE INVOLVED. TWO CRITERIA WERE USED TO DESCRIBE THE CATEGORIES OF HEAVY VEHICLES INVOLVED: TONNAGE AND SHAPE. SIMILARLY, ROAD USERS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WITH HEAVY VEHICLES WERE RECORDED. THE STUDY DEALS WITH THE FREQUENCY OF FATALITIES AMONG TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE RIDERS RUN OVER BY THE REAR WHEELS OF A HEAVY VEHICLE AND ROUGH EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SERIOUS BRAKING DEFECTS ON ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HEAVY VEHICLES.

• Corporate Authors:

  ORGANISME NATIONAL DE SECURITE ROUTIERE

  AVENUE DU GENERAL MALLERET JOINVILLE 2
  ARCUEIL CEDEX,   France  F-94114

  ORGANISME NATIONAL DE SECURITE ROUTIERE

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• Authors:
  • FAVERO, J L
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: 76P

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Crashes; Defects; Fatalities; Improvements; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Prevention; Safety; Trucks
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1874: Braking; 5238: Defect (tech); 1602: Fatality; 9108: Improvement; 1236: Lorry; 1221: Motorcycle; 1752: Motorcyclist
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01295202
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 4:55AM