TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ENVIRONMENT OF HEAVY VEHICLES

The type of accident in which a tanker transporting dangerous goods is involved (the accident environment) is important for the assessment of the consequences of the tanker. It makes a large difference if the tanker collides with another truck or merely runs off the road. The accident environment analysis is based on the 17,645 accidents involving heavy vehicles that occurred in Denmark in the period 1983- 88. Four major findings are presented in this paper: (1) The speed distribution of heavy vehicles involved in accidents; (2) The fraction of accidents which are collisions is shown to be 69-78% depending on the road type; (3) The distribution of "collision partner" (according to weight), and (4) An analysis of the distribution of the collision point at the heavy vehicle. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 866319.

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  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • JOERGENSEN, N O
  • BROCKHOFF, L
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 243-9
• Serial:
  • VTI Rapport
  • Issue Number: 380A PT4
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Conferences; Crash rates; Crashes; Fatalities; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Hazards; Mathematical models; Networks; Roads; Speed; Tankers; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9003: Cause; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 8028: Denmark; 1602: Fatality; 283: Freight; 741: Goods traffic; 1236: Lorry; 6473: Mathematical model; 9150: Risk; 1053: Road network; 1228: Road tanker; 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668538
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 16 1994 12:00AM