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URBAN TRUCK CRASHES: WHAT REALLY HAPPENS?.

Peter F. Sweatman, Kenneth W. Ogden

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This paper reviews the driver, road, vehicle and environmental factors involved in urban heavy vehicle crashes of various levels of severity. Consideration is given to factors contributing to such crashes, factors affecting their severity and potential countermeasures to such crashes. Results are presented from a recent major study of urban truck crashes in Australia, concentrating on the outcome cf post-crash analyses carried out for all fatal urban truck crashes in Sydney and Melbourne for the year 1992. These r~sults include the incidence of a wide range of contributory factors and the potential effectiveness of -a -range· cf­ countermeasures in either avoiding the crash or reducing its severity. The methodology of the study, which has been used previously in a study. of long-haul truck crashes, is described and the role of trucks in urban crashes is discussed.

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This paper reviews the driver, road, vehicle and environmental factors involved in urban heavy vehicle crashes of various levels of severity. Consideration is given to factors contributing to such crashes, factors affecting their severity and potential countermeasures to such crashes. Results are presented from a recent major study of urban truck crashes in Australia, concentrating on the outcome cf post-crash analyses carried out for all fatal urban truck crashes in Sydney and Melbourne for the year 1992. These r~sults include the incidence of a wide range of contributory factors and the potential effectiveness of -a -range· cf­ countermeasures in either avoiding the crash or reducing its severity. The methodology of the study, which has been used previously in a study. of long-haul truck crashes, is described and the role of trucks in urban crashes is discussed.

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This paper reviews the driver, road, vehicle and environmental factors involved in urban heavy vehicle crashes of various levels of severity. Consideration is given to factors contributing to such crashes, factors affecting their severity and potential countermeasures to such crashes. Results are presented from a recent major study of urban truck crashes in Australia, concentrating on the outcome cf post-crash analyses carried out for all fatal urban truck crashes in Sydney and Melbourne for the year 1992. These r~sults include the incidence of a wide range of contributory factors and the potential effectiveness of -a -range· cf­ countermeasures in either avoiding the crash or reducing its severity. The methodology of the study, which has been used previously in a study. of long-haul truck crashes, is described and the role of trucks in urban crashes is discussed.

Key concepts: Truck, Crash, Transport engineering, Range (aeronautics), Poison control, Forensic engineering, Engineering, Environmental health

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