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Collison with vehicle

Event

Event ID
876
Quality
Description

A truck conventional truck moved to another lane and did not see the FCEV. The collision caused a total loss to the latter.

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

INITIATING cause was a traffic accident. In absence of information on drivers and driver behaviours, the ROOT CAUSE can be attributed generically to a human error (wrong manoeuvre)

Root causes
Date entry in HIAD
01/01/2023

Facility

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

car body

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

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
1
Post-event summary

Total loss of vehicle.
Driver had two fingers broken.
Front side of the vehicle seriously damaged. FC stack has received a shock and cannot be re-used.

In-depth data

Release type
no release
Release temperature [°C]
25
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
Investigation report
Reference & weblink

Provided to JRC by the operator of the facility (confidential)