Appendix 1 contains a summary presentation of inquiries with a brief reminder of the recommendations issued in each case.
The inquiries performed: road transport Inquiries performed in 2006
Five reports of inquiries were issued in 2006 in the road transport sector. They concerned the following accidents:
Date
|
Accident
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Deaths
|
Mode*
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19.04.2005
|
Accident involving a training HGV RD8 at Saint Nicolas du Tertre (56)
|
2
|
R
|
25.04.2005
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Coach at Bouafle on the A13 (78)
|
3
|
R
|
04.06.2005
|
Fire in a HGV in the Fréjus tunnel (73)
|
2
|
R
|
August 2005
|
Fires on natural gas-fuelled bus in Nancy and in Montbéliard
|
0
|
R
|
01.02.2006
|
Pile-up on the A25 at Météren
|
2
|
R
|
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Forty-three recommendations were made following these five inquiries. Some of them were sent with the same wording to several recipients, making forty-nine separate recommendations.
Purpose of the measures recommended
The forty-three separate recommendations are divided into the following categories:
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three concern road transport regulations;
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twelve concern improvements to infrastructure or facilities;
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two concern the organisation of infrastructure operations;
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four concern the training of professional drivers;
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six concern technical controls of vehicles and related installations;
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three concern the organisation of road checks and checks in companies;
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three concern the organisation of feedback;
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three concern communications with users;
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one concerns another domain (organisation of emergency assistance).
* Rw: railway; R: Road; GT: Guided Transport; W: Waterways; SL: Ski Lift
The recipients
The forty-nine recommendations are divided into the following categories:
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fifteen to the infrastructure or public utility manager;
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four to the contracting authority or body which granted the public utility licence;
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twenty-seven to regulatory authorities (central government departments);
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two to the control authorities (police headquarters, IGTT – transport labour inspectorate);
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one to a car manufacturer.
Action taken as a result of the recommendations
The following table shows the action taken or planned by the recipients of the recommendations.
Inquiry
|
Recommendations
|
|
Number
|
Accepted
|
Not accepted
|
No reply
|
St Nicolas du Tertre
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
Bouafle
|
2
|
1
|
|
1
|
Fréjus
|
20
|
16
|
|
4
|
NGV bus
[NGV = Natural Gas Vehicle]
|
15
|
13
|
2
|
|
Météren
|
7
|
4
|
|
3
|
Total
|
49
|
33
|
2
|
14
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The two recommendations which were not accepted or with respect to which serious reservations were expressed concerned:
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the need to ensure that engines in a series of buses were reliable; in this respect the manufacturer is awaiting the outcome of judicial proceedings currently in progress;
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the conducting of a comprehensive risk study prior to introducing any new generation of vehicles fuelled by gas, since the DSCR (Road Safety and Traffic Divisions) considered that this measure could only be taken at Community or international level.
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