1969 ANALYSIS OF MOTOR CARRIER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEFECTS OR MECHANICAL FAILURE
DATA ARE EXTRACTED FROM 2922 ACCIDENT REPORTS IN WHICH A VEHICLE DEFECT OR A MECHANICAL FAILURE IS A CAUSATIVE FACTOR. PART I DEALS WITH PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 25 OF THE ACCIDENTS COVERED. THESE 25 ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN 25 INJURIES AND $83,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE. PART II DEALS WITH PROPERTY-CARRYING VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 2897 OF THESE ACCIDENTS, RESULTING IN 64 FATALITIES, 1072 PERSONAL INJURIES AND $8,266,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE. /HSL/
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Corporate Authors:
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 1970
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Commercial vehicles; Crashes; Defects; Fatalities; Injuries; Loss and damage; Mechanical failure; Property; Statistics; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223462
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Report/Paper Numbers: 21 pp
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM