The unchallenged acceptance of road tanker accidents

The topic of “unchallenged acceptance of road tanker accidents” is controversial as “rationally / objectively” (bulk) liquid transportation in road tankers is safe and as people in general, emotionally / subjectively perceive such transportation to be safe. Despite this, accidents with liquid carrying road tankers happen. Some of these do not involve any other party, the so-called “one-sided” accidents, like “keeling-over” accidents. The cause of the accident is, often and (too) quickly, assumed to be a “driver error”, “everything else is after all “safe”. This (abstract / full) paper will identify the various details of the relevant but wrongly-assumed safety aspects which remain rather unquestioned” in the widely “accepted” manner in which larger quantities of (dangerous) liquids are being transported in road tankers.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.33492/ARSC-2023
• Record URL:
  • https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_ARSC_Full-Proceedings.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract (practitioner)
• Authors:
  • Eenkhoorn, E
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2023, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2023-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 184-186

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Overturning; Public opinion; Safety; Single vehicle crashes; Tank cars; Tank trucks
• Geographic Terms: The Netherlands
• ATRI Terms: Crash cause; Overturning; Public opinion; Single vehicle crash; Tanker
• ITRD Terms: 1637: Overturning (veh)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01930950
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 17 2024 2:47PM