THE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING GENE MOTORS (GM) TRUCKS WITH SIDE MOUNTED FUEL TANKS

An important issue in the determination of crashworthiness for engineering analysis and litigation is the identification and quantification of other incidents. This paper presents an approa to the identification and quantification of other incidents predominantly from an engineering perspective relative to inciden involving General Motors (GM) light trucks with fuel tanks mounte outside the frame rails. Important variables were classified as: event variables, vehicle variables, occupant variables, data sour variables, and fuel leakage variables. A database was created ba on these variables. As an example, included in the vehicle damag variables is a first damage causing event, the most damage causin event to the fuel system, and three variables based on a modified collision deformation classification (CDC). The database consist a physical set of files and software that includes accident repor photos, medical reports, occasionally legal documents, and miscellaneous documents pertaining to each incident. All of the incidents identified by GM and the US Department of Transportatio Office of Defect Investigation (ODI) are included in the database (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E200025.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Queensland University of Technology

  School of Civil Engineering
  Brisbane,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • ARNDT, M
  • Roberts, C
• Conference:
  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, RECONSTRUCTIO INTERPRETATION AND THE LAW, 2ND, 1997, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUST
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 13-24

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Databases; Deformation; Design; Fuel tanks; Loss and damage; Safety; Trucks; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1614: Damage; 8614: Database; 5595: Deformation; 9011: Design (overall design); 1325: Fuel tank; 1236: Lorry; 1665: Safety; 8122: USA; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778980
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 1-86435-24
• Files: ITRD,
• Created Date: Dec 7 2000 12:00AM