FIRE AS A FACTOR IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN NEW YORK STATE, MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 1968

FEWER THAN 5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ACCIDENTS IN NEW YORK STATE OCCUR ON THRUWAY, INTERSTATE OR EXPRESSWAY ROAD SYSTEMS. SINCE THESE SYSTEMS HAVE A HIGHER LEGAL VEHICLE SPEED LIMIT, THE 42 PER CENT FREQUENCY FOR FIRE ACCIDENTS SUGGEST SOME CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HIGH SPEED AND VEHICLE FIRES. STANDARDS, IF THEY ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED, SHOULD INCLUDE ALL COMPONENTS OF THE FUEL SYSTEM SINCE FIRE IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE AUTOMOBILE. THIS REPORT EXAMINES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FIRES: FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY, MOTOR VEHICLES INVOLVED, ACCIDENT TYPE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, PERSONS INJURED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Dmv-rr-1969-2, 33 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
  Albany, NY  United States  12228
• Authors:
  • MOORE, J O
  • Negri, D B
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Crash types; Environment; Fires; Injuries; Speed limits; Traffic crashes; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220933
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM