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Collison with vehicle

Event

Event ID
467
Quality
Description
The left rear side of the FCEV vehicle was damage.
Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
No Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
Macro-region
Europe
Country
Germany
Date
Main component involved?
Fcev
How was it involved?
Damage, No Release
Initiating cause
Impact, Rollover, Crash
Root causes
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 maneuvre)

Facility

Application
Road Vehicles
Sub-application
FCEV LDV
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected
car body
Location type
Open
Operational condition

Emergency & Consequences

Number of injured persons
0
Number of fatalities
0
Post-event summary
The damage is on the side of the car, probably close to the tank and tank piping part (see picture).

Lesson Learnt

Lesson Learnt

This is a standard road collision. This is a type of incidents occurring very often, no need to take actions. nevertheless, a careful check of the hydrogen system is required, especially when the damage area is near the on-board storage and the hydrogen supply lines.

Event Nature

Release type
no release
Released amount
0
Design pressure (MPa)
70
Presumed ignition source
No release

References

Reference & weblink

Report provided but confidential

JRC assessment