ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT REPORTS INVOLVING FIRE

ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FIRE REPORTED TO THE BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY, FHA, BY MOTOR CARRIERS OF RECORD AND CARRIERS OF EXEMPT COMMODITIES FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 1968 ARE SUMMARIZED. ACCIDENTS REPORTED WERE THOSE WHICH RESULTED IN FATALITIES, INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OF $250.00 OR MORE. OF THE 21,682 ACCIDENTS REPORTED BY PROPERTY CARRIERS, 383 INVOLVED FIRE; PASSENGER CARRIERS REPORTED 8 CASES OF FIRE OUT OF 1,247 ACCIDENTS. PROPERTY CARRIERS REPORTED 85 FATALITIES, 179 INJURIES AND $4,115,512 PROPERTY DAMAGE. PASSENGER CARRIERS REPORTED 25 FATALITIES, 73 INJURIES, AND $127,226 PROPERTY DAMAGE. ACCIDENTS ARE TABULATED BY MONTH, SEVERITY, METHOD OF EXTINGUISHING FIRE, LOCATION OF FIRE, AND COMMODITY BEING CARRIED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 14 Pp, 16 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Fatalities; Fires; Injuries; Loss and damage; Motor carriers; Passengers; Property
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220600
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 19 1970 12:00AM