Accidents involving road tankers with flammable loads : TARU 1/84

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

An in-depth on-scene study of forty-two road tanker incidents with flammable loads was conducted in New South Wales over a period of fifteen months by teams each consisting of an Engineer and a Behavioural Scientist. The report describes notification arrangements, site attendance and investigation techniques used in the study. Results include a listing of all the factors encountered. These are generally classified as mechanical, environmental and behavioural factors. Special mention is made of the potential for improvements in tanker stability, tanker design and tanker maintenance. An Appendix includes all the case histories.

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Title Accidents involving road tankers with flammable loads : TARU 1/84
Language English
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7a965748-6084-4ba2-b517-5f98f1eaaf5b
Remote Last Updated 09/09/2021
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Reference Period 09/09/2021
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales
Data Portal DataNSW

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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Accidents involving road tankers with flammable loads : TARU 1/84". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-3-17508-accidents-involving-road-tankers-with-flammable-loads-taru-1-84