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- Title
Fatal Car Fires From Rear-End Crashes: The Effects of Fuel Tank Placement before and after Regulation.
- Authors
Robertson, Leon S.
- Abstract
A federal standard for fuel tank integrity in cars was applied to 1977 and subsequent model. National data indicate that fatalities per 10000 occupants in rear-end crashes of small cars, where fire was the most harmful event, were reduced by approximately 57% if the fuel tank was located behind the rear axle and 77% in the tank was situated directly above or in front of the rear axle.
- Subjects
TRAFFIC accidents; TRANSPORTATION accidents; AUTOMOBILE fuel systems; AUTOMOBILE axles
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1993, Vol 83, Issue 8, p1168
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.83.8.1168