HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION INTRUSION PROTECTION FOR HAZARDOUS CARGO TANKS

TANKER POPULATION DATA WAS COLLECTED ALONG WITH DATA RESULTING FROM ACCIDENTS INVOLVING OVER-THE-ROAD TANK CARRIERS OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. THIS DATA WAS EVALUATED AND ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO INCIDENCE OF LATERAL INTRUSION. SIGNIFICANT RESULTS INCLUDE: (1) THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 324,000 TANK TRUCKS IN THE COUNTRY, OF WHICH 84,000 ARE COMBINATIONS; (2) THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 46,000 TANK COMBINATIONS MEETING FLAMMABLE LIQUID SPECIFICATIONS, OF WHICH 45% REPORT TO DOT; (3) LATERAL INTRUSION IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM; APPROXIMATELY 1% OF TANKER ACCIDENTS INVOLVED LATERAL INTRUSION; (4) FIRE ON TANKERS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM; 5% OF TANKER ACCIDENTS INVOLVED FIRE AND RESULTED IN 24.4% OF TANKER ACCIDENT DEATHS; AND (5) ON- BOARD FIRE SUPPRESSING SYSTEMS ARE FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No FmrC - 19250, 42 PP, 19 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Factory Mutual Research Corporation

  1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike
  Norwood, MA  United States  02062
• Authors:
  • Krasner, L M
  • Wiener, S A
  • Buckley, J L
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fire extinguishers; Fires; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Tankers; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223701
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM