Special Crash Investigations: On-Site Heavy Truck Underride Crash Investigation; Vehicle: 2016 Freightliner Cascadia With 2017 Hyundai Translead SemiTrailer; Location: New York; Crash Date: July 2018

This report documents the on-site investigation of an underride crash involving a 2017 Hyundai van-bodied semi-trailer attached to a 2016 Freightliner tractor by a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. The Freightliner was driven by a 35-year-old belted male, who was executing a right turn off a multi-lane roadway into a vacant lot when the right plane of its Hyundai trailer was underriden by the Chevrolet. The Chevrolet was driven by an unbelted 64-year-old female, who refused medical treatment and transport. The Chevrolet had inflatable supplemental restraints, none of which deployed.

• Record URL:
  https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813314
• Corporate Authors:

  Crash Research & Analysis, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 302
  Elma, NY  United States  14059

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2022-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 43p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Trailers; Truck crashes; Underride override crashes
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01848775
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 314, CR18021
• Contract Numbers: 693JJ919C000004
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 2022 9:20AM