Further assessment of petroleum road fuel tankers in frontal impact and rollover

Published: Jan 2026

Citation: 10.58446/vszf2605

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Author: Mervyn Edwards (TRL), Oliver Tomlin (TriMech), Kyle Grubb (TriMech), Josh Ray (TriMech), Iain Knight (Apollo) & Martin Dodd (Apollo)

Pages: 126

Reference: PPR2070

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The research reported built on previous work which investigated the performance of petroleum road fuel tankers in rollovers and frontal impacts. It focused on frontal impact collisions, mainly answering a question arising from previous work about a discrepancy between the results of the collision and FE modelling analyses, namely why not many tank failures were found in the collision analysis whereas the modelling analysis predicted they should occur often. It also considered the appropriateness of the current regulations for potential extra-large tank vehicles, both in terms of frontal impact collisions and rollover.

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