The biggest flaw of LPG-loaded tanker crash on highways

The biggest flaw in the LPG-laden tanker accident is on the Highways: As a result of the explosion of the LPG-loaded tanker that was knocked down in Diyarbakır's Lice district, 34 people lost their lives and 36 people were injured.
In the report, it was stated that the 9th Regional Directorate of Highways was found at 20 percent, the military unit at the closest point to the accident was 18 percent, and the tanker driver and two bus companies were found at fault by 15 percent.
In the expert report prepared about the accident that occurred as a result of the explosion of the LPG-laden tanker that was overturned in Lice, it was stated that the 9th Regional Directorate of Highways was found to be 20 percent, the military unit at the closest point to the accident found 18 percent, and the tanker driver and two bus companies were found to be at fault.
The final expert report was completed within the scope of the investigation into the incident in which 90 people died and 22 people were injured as a result of the explosion that occurred after the LPG-loaded tanker toppled on 2 July at the 34th kilometer of the Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway.
- The road was found to be defective
In the report submitted to the Lice Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the section between the 70th and 100th kilometer of the Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway was deemed to be defective on this road and that the vehicles on this road posed a danger to the vehicles coming from the opposite direction, and in this context, the 9th Regional Directorate of Highways was found to be 20 percent defective due to technical reasons. .
In the report, where the tanker driver causing the accident had to travel at the 30 speed, it was determined that the 60 speed was determined to be at a speed of approx.
Tanker driver found 15 percent defective
“The driver of the tanker with plate 27 L 6620 that caused the accident endangered the road safety, life safety, the safety of the firm and the safety of third parties by speeding on the Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway, which was technically inadequate. For this reason, it was deemed to be 15 percent defective due to causing the vehicle to tip over, acting without adopting the danger of the load it carries, and causing loss of life and property to third parties as a result of the loss and ignition of the cargo it carried after the accident.
In the report, the main cause of the accident due to the technical inadequacy of the road is due to the characteristics of the road and the defective movements of the vehicle driver was pointed out.
Military unit was found to be 18 percent at fault
In the report, it was emphasized that the Abalı Military Unit, located at the closest point to the place where the accident occurred, was located on the high hill, and the view was expressed that it was impossible not to see the incident and to hear voices despite technical equipment.
35 minutes after the accident in the report said no security measures taken, said:
“Despite the presence of flammable and hazardous materials in the vehicle that caused the accident, no action was taken against the disaster that would occur as a result of this material spreading into the environment. As a result of the conviction that security measures were not taken, 18 percent were found to be at fault on the grounds that the military unit, gendarmerie and the Regional Traffic Directorate in the vicinity did not inform the police due to the weakness of the security measures and technical inadequacy. "
In the report, the driver of the two bus companies, although they see the LPG mist, as well as the danger of life and property of passengers on the grounds that the 15, occupational safety and emergency management is insufficient on the grounds that one of the bus companies and 4 8 percent of the XNUMX is seen to be defective.
Company's flaw is shown as 3
The report included the following statements:
“Despite the fact that the Diyarbakır-Bingöl highway is insufficient in terms of safety, technically insufficient to carry dangerous and flammable materials, despite the awareness that its drivers are on the road, there are damages on the road caused by terrorist incidents, the tanker is bound by the grounds that the driver insists on taking this road and gives orders and instructions. the international logistics company, where it is, was found to be 3 percent defective. "
70 out of 34 people injured in the explosion that occurred as a result of the overturning of the LPG-laden tanker in Lice died in the hospital where they were treated, and the tanker driver FY was arrested by the Lice Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the grounds that he caused the death of more than one person by negligence, pursuant to Article 85 of the TCK.