OBSERVATIONS ON FIRE IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

IN ROLLOVERS, FIRE IS MORE FREQUENT, MORE EXTENSIVE, AND FATAL OCCUPANT BURNS ARE MORE FREQUENT THAN FOR OTHER TYPES OF ACCIDENTS. FIRE IS ALSO MORE FREQUENT WHEN THE CAR IS IMPACTED FROM THE REAR, AND BURN INJURIES (EXPECIALLY NONFATAL) AR RELATIVELY MORE FREQUENT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No VJ-1823-R14
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • ROBINSON, S J
• Publication Date: 1965-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Burns (Injuries); Fires; Injuries; Rear end crashes; Rollover crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224148
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM