Safety road checks, motor carriers of property, July through December 1971.

Author(s)
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
Year
Abstract

In the second half of 1971, roadside inspections of 22.652 trucks, tractors/trailers, and semitrailers showed that 5.316 (23.5 %) were mechanically unfit to continue their runs. From 1968-1971, brake defects caused 2.255 accidents (24 % of reported defect accidents), while inspection reports listed 88937 instances of faulty brakes (33.7% of defects reported), tire defects caused 1.593 accidents (17.3 % of defect accidents), costing 56 lives (29.8 % of the total and - 9.870,528 property damage (32.4 % of the total).

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Library number
B 19095 [electronic version only] /95 /
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, Federal Highway Administration FHWA, 1972, 19 p., tab.; DOT HS 013 424

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