THE BURNING QUESTION

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE POSITION OF THE FUEL TANK ON ROAD VEHICLES, AND THE POSITION OF THE FILLER CAP, WITH REGARD TO THE RISK OF FIRE THROUGH IGNITED FUEL, IN A CAR CRASH. AN ANALYSIS BY THE NEW SOUTH WALES TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RESEARCH UNIT OF ROAD DEATHS BETWEEN JANUARY 1965 AND JUNE 1969, SHOWED THAT 1.08% OF ROAD DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY FIRE, AND THAT FIRE OCCURRED IN 1.27% OF ALL FATAL CRASHES. CARS, ACCOUNTING FOR 91% OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WERE INVOLVED IN 56% OF THE FATAL FIRE CRASHES, WHILE HEAVY VEHICLES; REPRESENTING 7.7% OF THE TRAFFIC ACCOUNTED FOR 44% OF THESE CRASHES. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Autosafe /Australia

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• Publication Date: 1972-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Fatalities; Fires; Fuel tanks; Heavy vehicles; Location; Position fixing; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224734
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM