RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORTS. JANUARY 1970-SEPTEMBER 1989 (CITATIONS FROM THE NTIS DATABASE)
This bibliography contains citations concerning documented railroad Accident Reports by the National Transportation Safety Board for commercial and freight railroad traffic. These reports reflect incidents of head-on and derailment accidents, and accidents that resulted in loss of life. Accidents caused by possible neglect of safety and emergency procedures, mechanical malfunctions, and track problems are included. This bibliography would be of interest to those engaged in railroad design and safety, operator procedure and training, and accident litigation. (Contains 128 citations fully indexed and including a title list.)
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Corporate Authors:
National Technical Information Service
5301 Shawnee Road
Alexandria, VA United States 22312 - Publication Date: 1989-10
Media Info
- Pagination: 71 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Commercial vehicles; Crash reports; Derailments; Disasters and emergency operations; Fatalities; Freight traffic; Freight trains; Frontal crashes; Mechanical failure; Negligence; Railroad crashes; Safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures
- Old TRIS Terms: Safety practices
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00494065
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM