BAGGAGE, FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, INJURY POTENTIAL AND PREVENTION

This article discusses recent air and rail transport crashes where injury to passengers has been caused by baggage, and by the design of fixtures and fittings within the vehicles. The difficulties have been with retention and security under dynamic loading conditions, a lack of impact attenuation for occupants, or a failure to appreciate how occupants might interact with fixtures and fittings during an impact. The crashes discussed include: a) the Boeing 737-400 Kegworth air crash in 1989; b) the Clapham rail accident in 1988; and c) the Cannon Street rail accident of 8 January 1991, when a crowded commuter train ran into the buffers at Cannon Street at about 10 miles per hour. For the covering abstract see IRRD 865607.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

  P.O. Box 24, Northgate Avenue
  Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • ANTON, D J
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • INTERIOR SAFETY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT. PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR HELD 12 NOVEMBER 1992, LONDON
  • Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Conferences; Crash severity; Design; Injuries; Injury severity; Public transit; Railroad trains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Inside
• ITRD Terms: 1258: Aircraft; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2163: Injury; 9033: Inside; 744: Public transport; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1268: Train
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668066
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 2 1994 12:00AM