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Missing information in accident report records, 1 S U M M A R Y Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident Data for Root Cause Analysis
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; Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents (TIFA) ; Large Truck 2 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident Data for Root Cause Analysis Vehicle Driver Packaging Infrastructure Situational Configuration Age Package Type Road Surface Pre-Crash Condition Cargo Body Experience Quantity Shipped Road Condition Dangerous Event GVW Condition Quantity Lost Road Type Vehicle Speed Vehicle Defect Valid License Age (Cargo Tank)
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The Crash file was developed in 1992 to record information on serious accidents involving a truck, bus, or light vehicle transporting hazmat. The process of reporting serious accidents begins with the state agency responsible for filing the MCMIS crash report to screen the Police Accident Reports (PARs)
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NTSB's detailed approach to accident investigation should provide insights to officials and researchers desiring to collect data on a particular hazmat incident or set of hazmat crashes. Potential Measures for Improving the Identification of Contributing and Root Causes of Hazmat Accidents The following measures could enhance the ability of the major databases to support more effective identification of the root causes of hazmat accidents.
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The following examples represent potential selections for this targeting: – Hazmat crashes involving rollovers of tank trucks in order to more effectively identify root causes so preventive measures could be implemented; – Crashes involving a particular hazmat commodity, such as propane, to determine if these accidents are over-represented as a class of accidents and, if so, what measures could be developed to decrease both their number and severity; – Hazmat crashes occurring on a particular type of roadway, track class, or involving a certain category of driver based on age and experience; and – A random sample of all accidents for further characterization of the entire dataset. Although not exclusively for crashes involving hazmat, targeted accident data collection has already been partially implemented.
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– Include non-spill hazmat crashes in HMIRS for all crashes involving placarded shipments that meet the criteria for "MCMIS serious crashes." – Include digital photos of the accident scene in all of the major databases. – For HMIRS and MCMIS, include violations for drivers that occurred during the crash.
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This, in turn, will enable officials to identify problems whose solutions or mitigation will result in an improvement in hazmat shipment safety. Follow-On Project If implemented, the findings of this report, Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident Data for Root Cause Analysis, could lead to the enhanced identification of root and contributing causes of hazmat crashes.
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