Crash and burn? Vehicle, collision, and driver factors that influence motor vehicle collision fires

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• Personal Author:
  Bunn TL ; Robertson M ; Slavova S
• Description:
  A retrospective population-based case-control study was performed to determine the association between vehicle fires, and vehicle, collision, and driver factors on highways with a posted speed limit of at least 55mph. Data were obtained from the Kentucky Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH) electronic files for 2000-2009 from the Kentucky State Police Records Sections. The results from the final multiple logistic regression show that large trucks were at a higher risk for a collision involving a fire than passenger vehicles and pickup trucks. When controlling for all other variables in the model, vehicles 6 years old and older, driving straight down the highway, and single vehicle collisions were also identified as factors that increase the risk of motor vehicle collision fires on roadways with a posted speed limit of =55mph. Of the 2096 vehicles that caught fire, there were 632 (30%) non-fatally injured drivers and 224 (11%) fatally injured drivers. The results of this study have the potential to inform public health messages directed to the transportation industry, particularly semi-truck drivers, in regard to fire risk. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Case Reports Fires Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-statistics Accidents Author Keywords: Fire Case-studies Drivers Fire-hazards Injury Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Mortality-data Motor-vehicles Passenger Vehicles Pickup Trucks Public-health Risk-analysis Semi-trucks Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Truck-drivers

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  140-145
• Volume:
  47
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040862
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2012 Jul; 47:140-145
• Contact Point Address:
  Terry L. Bunn, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
• Email:
  tlbunn2@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7aae5e6b8aa6f782f335997576169c646c3e0e71c2eed458f44343c3fbf13a45666767d3d13211bd072225e52d6d8c101e197a3afa647a64c0877ca6a1c1e27f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193578/cdc_193578_DS1.pdf
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