Crash involving a Heavy Duty Vehicle Transporting Compressed Gases
The truck was carrying cylinders of nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), hydrogen (H2) and acetylene on a national road. It struck the right protection, then the concrete-reinforced central division, and finally overturned across the roadway. The driver is slightly injured, no cylinder is damaged. Traffic jams are formed in both directions. The presence of motorists on the emergency stop strip slows the arrival of firefighters. Rescuers set up a security perimeter and cut traffic in one direction. Technical teams of the carrier and the charger go to the scene. Cylinders and cylinder frames are transferred to another vehicle. The truck is raised at 4 pm and traffic is re-established at 5 pm
Event Date
January 17, 2011
Record Quality Indicator
Region / Country
Event Initiating System
Classification of the Physical Effects
Nature of the Consequences
Causes
Facility Information
Application Type
Application
Specific Application Supply Chain Stage
Components Involved
a truck carrying cylinders of nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), hydrogen (H2) and acetylene
Storage/Process Medium
Location Type
Location description
Countryside Road Or Highway
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Unknown
Event Nature
Emergency Action
07:00 The overturns across the roadway near the airport of Marseille-Provence. The driver is slightly injured, no cylinder is damaged. Traffic jams are formed in both directions. The presence of motorists on the emergency stop strip slows the arrival of firefighters. Rescuers set up a security perimeter and cut traffic in one direction. Technical teams of the carrier and the charger go to the scene. Cylinders and cylinder frames are transferred to another vehicle. 16:00 The truck is carried away 17:00 Normal traffic conditions are re-established
Detonation
No
Deflagration
No
High Pressure Explosion
No
High Voltage Explosion
No
Source Category
References
References
ARIA data base
event no. 39617