1969 ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT REPORTS INVOLVING FIRE

DATA ARE EXTRACTED FROM 775 ACCIDENT REPORTS IN WHICH FIRE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. PART I DEALS WITH PROPERTY- CARRYING VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 765 OF THE ACCIDENTS COVERED. THESE ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN 126 FATALITIES, 363 INJURIES AND $8,926,260 PROPERTY DAMAGE. PART II DEALS WITH PASSENGER VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 10 OF THE ACCIDENTS, 25 INJURIES AND $156,450 PROPERTY DAMAGE. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Commercial vehicles; Crashes; Fatalities; Fires; Injuries; Loss and damage; Property; Statistics; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221281
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18 pp
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM