FIRE IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

AN EXAMINATION OF MORE THAN 65,000 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRING DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 1968 REVEALED THAT ONLY 45 (.07%) ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN A FIRE. THERE WERE 122,731 MOTOR VEHICLES INVOLVED IN REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS IN THIS TWO MONTH PERIOD. FORTY-EIGHT (48) OR .04% OF THESE VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE. OF THE TOTAL 58,467 PERSONS INJURED OR KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN THE SAME TWO MONTH PERIOD ONLY 20 (OR.03%) ARE REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED FROM BURNS. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION IN THE DATA TO ALLOW EVALUATION OF THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THE FREQUENCY OF VEHICLE FIRES IS TOO SMALL TO PERMIT VALID COMPARISONS AMONG THE VARIOUS TYPES OF VEHICLES OPERATING IN NEW YORK STATE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No 1969-2, 29 PP. 5 FIG, 3 TAB
• 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: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Burns (Injuries); Crash investigation; Fatalities; Fires; Injuries; Loss and damage; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221038
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM