CRASH/INJURY-EJECTION STUDY. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

THE PURPOSE IS TO FOCUS ON AREAS CAUSING DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. DATA ARE EXTRACTED FROM ACCIDENT REPORTS SUBMITTED BY MOTOR CARRIERS TO THE BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY DURING APRIL 1968 TO FEBRUARY 1969. REPORTS OF 211 OF THE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN WHICH THE DRIVER AND/OR RELIEF DRIVER WAS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED WERE SELECTED. THE DATA CONCERNS DRIVER EJECTION FROM POWER UNIT AND SLEEPER BERTH TO CAB, EJECTION FROM POWER UNIT AND SLEEPER BERTH TO CAB, DRIVER CONTACT WITH INTERIOR OBJECTS IN RELATION TO TYPE OF POWER UNIT INVOLVED. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Crashes; Drivers; Ejection; Fatalities; Injuries; Manual safety belts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 8 pp
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM