On a highway, a truck loaded with 400 gas cylinders crashed at night for an undetermined cause against a concrete wall and overturned. It slipped 150 m, before several 200 litre cylinders of hydrogen caught fire and set the truck on fire as well. The police stated that it was a large fire with detonations. The 400 gas cylinders were connected together and many of the cylinders had fallen out of their racks. In order to reduce the danger of further explosions, the fire-brigade cooled the gas cylinders with water for two hours. The highway remained closed for eight hours.

A 9000 gal (34 m3) LH2 storage tank exploded during repair of the vent stack. Few days before the explosion, the tank had been filled with LH2, but later on the hydrogen released and ignited at the tank pressure control system, damaging the vent stack. To perform the required repairs, the tank had to be emptied. To this purpose the vessel was purged with nitrogen gas to display the LH2 by letting it boiling. However, the pressure inside the vacuum jacket increased because of the opening the vacuum valve. This pressure increase eventually led to the catastrophic tank rupture.

The 10 m3 hydrogen storage tank at the hydrogen station belonging to the oxygen plant exploded during production operation. The hydrogen storage tank was installed and used by the plant in 1995, with a design pressure of 1,5 MPa, a volume of 10 m^3, a minimum wall thickness of 12 mm, a total length of 4576 mm (height) and an inner diameter of 1800 mm. After the explosion, there were no metal components left, except for the cement prefabricated foundation of the tank base.

A pick-up truck pulling a trailer carrying compressed hydrogen crashed in Ohio yesterday. The hydrogen leaked and ignited, producing flames ten metres into the air. The hydrogen quantity transported was 450 kg.

The accident occurred at a production, distribution and storage station for hydrogen city busses. After filling the hydrogen cylinders of a bus, the hydrogen detection system of the bus triggered an alarm. The site technician pushed the emergency button and the station was put in safety mode. The technician in charge of filling disconnected the hydrogen hose that connects the station to the bus. The maintenance manager of the bus manufacturer was alerted and arrived 20 minutes later and evacuated the personnel. They closed the valves of the on-board storage system.

A truck-trailer transporting 4,000 pounds (1800 kg) of compressed hydrogen burned to ground, including the driver cabin. The driver was able to get out before it got fully engulfed. 3- to 4-feet of flames were seen coming from the hydrogen tanks, the confinement of which, however, was not completely lost.Despite the absence of factual evidence due to the total loss, the authorities suspected that the initial fire feveloped in the engin. The heat of the engine fire impinged on the trailer, and caused the pressure release system to relase hydrogen.

A crack occurred in a storage tank (300 kg of hydrogen) releasing gaseous hydrogen to atmosphere. The vapour cloud exploded with an apparent centre of explosion 9 m above ground, with a energy equivalent to 9 to 18 kg of TNT.

FCEV crash

FCEV road collision. Details unknown.

The left rear side of the FCEV vehicle was damage.