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Highway Accident Report: Multiple Vehicle Crossover Accident, Slinger, Wisconsin, February 12, 1997
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1998-07-24
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Abstract:About 5:52 a.m. on February 12, 1997, a doubles truck that was traveling northbound on U.S. Route 41 near Slinger, Wisconsin, lost control and crossed over the median into the southbound lanes. A flatbed truck traveling southbound on U.S. Route 41 collided with the doubles truck, lost control, and crossed over the median into the northbound lanes. A northbound passenger van struck and underrode the right front side of the flatbed truck. A refrigerator truck struck the right rear side of the flatbed truck. Eight persons suffered fatal injuries. The safety issues discussed in this report are: judgment and experience of the doubles truckdriver; stability of doubles trucks; effectiveness of snow and ice removal; adequacy of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) divided freeway median barrier warrants; adequacy of the States' accident report forms to capture cross-median accident data; and availability and use of restraints. As a result of its investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendations to the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the AASHTO, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Independent Truckers and Drivers Association, the National Private Truck Council, and the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association, Inc. The Safety Board reiterated one recommendation to the State of Wisconsin.
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