Event
- Event ID
- 1088
- Quality
- Description
- A fuel cells and hydrogen vehicle (FCEV) was travelling at approx. 75 km/h (80 km/h speed limit) on a straight, downhill part of the road. Another vehicles was waiting at a STOP sign on the right side, did not see the incoming FCEV and drove into the road at the moment of the FEV passing.
The second vehicle hit the FCEV on the back right side.
There were only body parts damaged and no hydrogen was released. There was no oil or other fluid spillage and no people were injured.
The diagnostic system of the FCEV did not issue any alarm, and there were no warning lights to indicate a problem with the hydrogen systems on-board. - Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- No Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Fcev
- How was it involved?
- No Release
- Initiating cause
- Impact, Rollover, Crash
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- A driver not seeing the other vehicle.
Facility
- Application
- Road Vehicles
- Sub-application
- FCEV LDV
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
- side of the car
- Location type
- Open
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- car body parts damage
Lesson Learnt
- Lesson Learnt
This event is mainly about road safety in general. So far FCEV have never been involved in an road crash or collision escalating up to affect he onboard hydrogen systems and causing a hydrogen release.
Event Nature
- Release type
- no release
- Presumed ignition source
- No release
References
- Reference & weblink
Own report available but confidential
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- Investigation report
