1969 ANALYSIS OF MOTOR CARRIER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEFECTS OR MECHANICAL FAILURE

DATA ARE EXTRACTED FROM 2922 ACCIDENT REPORTS IN WHICH A VEHICLE DEFECT OR A MECHANICAL FAILURE IS A CAUSATIVE FACTOR. PART I DEALS WITH PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 25 OF THE ACCIDENTS COVERED. THESE 25 ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN 25 INJURIES AND $83,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE. PART II DEALS WITH PROPERTY-CARRYING VEHICLES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 2897 OF THESE ACCIDENTS, RESULTING IN 64 FATALITIES, 1072 PERSONAL INJURIES AND $8,266,000 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; Defects; Fatalities; Injuries; Loss and damage; Mechanical failure; 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: 00223462
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 21 pp
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM