WHEN AND WHERE DID TRAIN ACCIDENTS OCCUR? (REPORT 4)--STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF DERAILMENT ACCIDENTS OF FREIGHT TRAINS

Thirty freight train derailment accidents, which occurred from 1953 to 1967, were analyzed by regression analysis using 15 variables describing track conditions, train consists and driving technics. The variables included: the view of the tracks at the derailed position, the radius of the curve at the same position, the vertical view of the tracks, the slope of the tracks, the weight of the rail per unit length set at derailed position, the direction of derailment, the interval of the derailed car wheel shafts, the shock absorbing equipments in the coupler of the derailed car, the suspension mechanism for wheels, the running condition of the train when it derailed, the weight of loaded goods, the location of the derailed car in the train, the total number of cars in the train, the scheduled velocity of the derailed train, and the year when the derailment happened.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Maruyama
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 120-121
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curved track; Cushioning materials; Derailments; Freight trains; Railroad tracks; Railroad trains; Statistical analysis; Suspensions; Technology; Train operations
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Cushioning; Train load
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00040560
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1976 12:00AM