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Analysis & Summary of Accident Investigations 1977 - 1979
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1981-03-01
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Abstract:The Federal Highway Administration's Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety through its various programs of notification, reporting, and investigation, is continually evaluating the accident experience of commercial motor carriers to determine specific problem areas. Such areas involve accidents of a recurring nature, and violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Hazardous Materials Regulations. This method of evaluation reveals the need to strengthen the effectiveness of such regulations through enforcement action against motor carriers that are not in the compliance to promote safety or the Nation's highways. Detailed investigations of accidents of unusual severity are conducted by the Bureau's field staff whenever a motor carrier's vehicle, cargo, and personnel contributed notably to actual or probable cause; and in cases of particular interest to the general public and the Bureau. This report, comprised of accident investigations for the years 1977 through 1979, a three year study, is a second edition which will provide analytical data covering types of accidents in direct relationship to human, vehicle, and environmental factors. A total of 346 accidents, which results in 518 fatalities, 1,211 injuries, and $22,190693 property damage, were investigated by the Bureau's field staff during this period. The statistical data is shown in tabular form for easy reference. A summation of the accident investigations, in narrative form, is presumed separately for each year.
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