Puisseguin road crash

2015 Puisseguin road crash
Details
Date 23 October 2015
Time 07:30 local time (05:30 UTC)
Location Puisseguin
Country France
Statistics
Deaths 43
Injuries 8

The 2015 Puisseguin road crash occurred on 23 October 2015, at 07:30 local time (05:30 UTC). At least 43 people,[1][2][3] including a three-year-old boy,[4] died when a bus and a lorry collided in Puisseguin, a commune in south-western France.[5][6][7]

Crash

The crash happened at around 07:30 on the morning of Friday, 23 October 2015 at a bend on Departmental Road 17 not far south of Puisseguin.[5] Authorities said they believed the lorry, carrying logs, lost control on a bend and jackknifed into the coach's path.[3] Both vehicles burst into flames as a result of the collision.[8]

It is now known that the reason for the fire and consequent loss of life was that the truck had, installed on board, a large aluminum gasoline tank, carrying fuel for chainsaws and other logging equipment. This tank ruptured and gasoline streamed down the hill under the bus, where accident sparks ignited it. Similarly, the fire then traveled back to the truck and involved it. The bus was equipped with emergency escape hammers with which to break windows, but passengers were not aware of them or not instructed in their use. Also several passengers had restricted mobility.

Casualties

Forty-one of the dead were on the bus, and the other two were the driver of the lorry and his three-year-old son. Most of the dead were elderly people on the bus, which had just set off from the nearby town of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps.[5] The passengers belonged to that town's seniors' club.[8]

Rules

According to the BEA-TT, the different applicable rules/standards for road vehicles such as autocar, to address fire concerns, are defined at different scales, to let those vehicles work and operate in various countries: United Nations, European Union, and France. Some European directives have been withdrawal.[9]

According to Elisabeth Borne, France submitted the BEA-TT report to United Nations on 11 October 2017.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Paris, Angelique Chrisafis in; London, Jessica Elgot in. "France coach crash: at least 43 dead after collision with truck". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  2. ↑ "43 Dead After Bus Carrying Elderly People Collides With Truck". NBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  3. 1 2 "At least 43 people have died in a coach crash in France". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Toddler among 43 dead in French coach crash - The Local". www.thelocal.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  5. 1 2 3 "42 people die in a collision between a bus and a lorry in France". BBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "At least 40 killed as bus collides with truck in southwest France - France 24". 23 October 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "At least 42 people die in after a bus collide with a lorry". Reuters. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 Report on crash in Le Monde
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ http://www.mobilicites.com/011-6547-Puisseguin-l-ONU-va-plancher-sur-l-evolution-de-la-securite-des-autocars.html

Coordinates: 44°54′51″N 0°04′13″W / 44.914272°N 0.070203°W / 44.914272; -0.070203

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