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Collison with vehicle

Event

Event ID
407
Quality
Description

While the FC bus was standing at its regular bus stop at the main bus terminal another bus drove into the rear of the FC Bus causing damages to the rear hood affecting the protective cap and the high voltage gear box beneath it.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
No Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Europe
Country
Germany
Date
Component involved
FCEV bus
Failure mode
damage, no release
Initiating cause
impact, rollover, crash
Root CAUSE analysis

It is unclear why the other bus drove into the FC bus. The driver claims he did not see the 18m, silver shiny FC Bus.

Root causes
Date entry in HIAD
01/01/2017

Facility

Application
Road vehicles
Sub-application
FCEV-bus
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

Hydrogen bus, bus.

Process temperature range [C]
ambient temperature (-50°C to +50°C)
Process pressure range [MPa]
medium to high pressure (10 to 50 MPa)
Location type
Unknown
Location
populated area
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0

In-depth data

Release type
no release
Released amount (kg)
0
Release temperature [°C]
25
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
Investigation report
Reference & weblink

Provided to JRC by the operator of the facility