Event
- Event ID
- 1109
- Quality
- Description
- A tanker carrying 300 kg of hydrogen was parked between the emergency lane and the third lane. It was hit at the rear by a semi-trailer, whereupon the tanker started leaking hydrogen which ignited, involving the other vehicle.
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Hydrogen Release and Ignition
- Nature of the consequences
- Fire (No additional details provided)
- Macro-region
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Date
- Main component involved?
- Valve (Generic)
- How was it involved?
- Leak & Formation Of A Flammable H2-Air Mixture
- Initiating cause
- Impact, Rollover, Crash
- Root causes
- Root CAUSE analysis
- The driver of the hydrogen tank truck had stopped on the side of the emergency lane for inspection, because realised that the tires were wrong.
The driver of the semi-trailer learned that he was napping while driving, and unexpectedly hit a tanker truck in the emergency lane.
Facility
- Application
- Hydrogen Transport And Distribution
- Sub-application
- CGH2 tube trailer
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- Hydrogen Transport (No additional details provided)
- All components affected
- trailer
- Location type
- Open
- Operational condition
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of injured persons
- 0
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Post-event summary
- The front passenger part of the semi-trailer was severely damaged, the co-driver was sent to the hospital for treatment, the driver was not injured. Nothing is known on the consequences of the hydrogen trailer.
Event Nature
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Released amount
- 300
- Presumed ignition source
- Not reported
References
- Reference & weblink
Sohu.com online news at <br />
https://www.sohu.com/a/358123271_120207557 <br />
(accessed August 2024)English translated version
B.Wang et al., Hydrogen related accidents and lesson learned from events reported in the<br />
in east continental Asia,#2023, ICHS-2023
JRC assessment
- Sources categories
- News
