A study in the "British Medical Journal", published in 1993, attracted some attention from popular science-literature, as it concluded that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th"; however, the authors clearly state that "the numbers of admissions from accidents are too small to allow meaningful analysis". Subsequent studies have disproved any correlation between Friday the 13th and the rate of accidents. On the contrary, the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics on 12 June 2008 stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home.
Rate of accidents
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th | Rate of accidents
A study in the "British Medical Journal" stated that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th". Subsequent studies have disproved any correlation between Friday the 13th and the rate of accidents. A study in the "British Medical Journal", published in 1993, attracted some attention from popular science-literature, as it concluded that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th" A study in the "British Medical Journal" concluded that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th" A study in the "British Medical Journal", published in 1993, concluded that "the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th”.
who played jason voorhees in friday the 13th
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Ari Lehman
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who is this character?
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He is the main character from the "Friday the 13th" movie series.
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does he hide his face?
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Yes he wears a hockey goalie mask in "Friday the 13th Part III".
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how is this date significant in italy?
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Due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky, even though 13 is generally considered a lucky number.
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is it anyway linked to mishaps on roads?
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A study in the "British Medical Journal", published in 1993, attracted some attention from popular science-literature, as it concluded that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident "may" be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th"; however, the authors clearly state that "the numbers of admissions from accidents are too small to allow meaningful analysis". Subsequent studies have disproved any correlation between Friday the 13th and the rate of accidents. On the contrary, the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics on 12 June 2008 stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home.
Friday the 13th | Rate of accidents
Statistically speaking, driving is slightly safer on Friday the 13th, at least in the Netherlands; in the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500."
Friday the 13th | Rate of accidents
In Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th (and not the 13th) is considered a day of bad luck. The origin of this belief could be traced in the writing of number 17, in Roman numerals: XVII. By shuffling the digits of the number one can easily get the word VIXI ("I have lived", implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number. However, due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky as well. The 2000 parody film "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth" was released in Italy with the title "Shriek – Hai impegni per venerdì 17?" (""Shriek – Do You Have Something to Do on Friday the 17th?"").
Friday the 13th | Friday the 17th in Italy
In Finland, a consortium of governmental and nongovernmental organizations led by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health promotes the National Accident Day ("kansallinen tapaturmapäivä") to raise awareness about automotive safety, which always falls on a Friday the 13th. The event is coordinated by the Finnish Red Cross and has been held since 1995.
Friday the 13th | Social impact
Indigenous to Italy, Friday the 17th is a date of misfortune, as it is a date of two negatives: Friday (from Good Friday, the day of Jesus' death) and the number 17. Friday the 17th is similar to other unfortunate dates: for example, in Anglo-Saxon countries, this date is Friday the 13th, while in Spain, Greece, and South America, this date is Tuesday the 13th. In mass media, the theme is portrayed in movies, such as "The Virtuous Bigamist" (Italian: ""Era di venerdì 17")" and "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th" (Italian: ""Shriek - Hai impegni per venerdì 17?" ", where in English, the title refers to the number 13.)
Heptadecaphobia | Friday the 17th
The bus carrying pilgrims to their home from a visit to a Catholic shrine fell nearly 100 feet off the bridge on a road east of Naples. The bus carried nearly 50 passengers.
2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash | Accident
The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day." This major event in Norse mythology caused the number 13 to be considered unlucky. The superstition may have also arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good Friday. While there is evidence of both Friday and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century.
Friday the 13th | History
In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th ("martes trece") is considered a day of bad luck. The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day. Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war ("Mars" in Roman mythology). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday, April 13, 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday, 29 May 1453, events that strengthen the superstition about Tuesday. In addition, in Greek the name of the day is Triti ("Τρίτη") meaning the third (day of the week), adding weight to the superstition, since bad luck is said to "come in threes".
Friday the 13th | Tuesday the 13th in Hispanic and Greek culture
The London's weekly magazine "The Car" verified the death claims, discovering that some of them were only rumours, and investigated the actual causes. In the Angoulême accident killing the soldier and a spectator, it was discovered that the child was at fault, having crossed the road after escaping his parents. The accident at the rail cross that occurred to Porter was a fault of the organization, since the cross was not attended. The leading hypothesis about a loss of control due to a mechanical failure was dismissed.
Paris–Madrid race | Causes of accidents
Both the other driver and the chaperone were severely injured, but survived the crash. The bus involved in the accident was a Scania that had been placed into circulation in July 2000. According to the Polish operator of the tour, it had passed a technical inspection in Germany three weeks prior to the accident without question. It is not known if the bus was equipped with a speed-reduction system; similar recently built vehicles have been designed with a backup system, either electromagnetic or hydraulic, in addition to the usual brakes. Motorists who were following the bus during its descent indicated that the brake lights appeared to be working normally.
Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (2007) | Inquiry
A separation railing must be installed between the lanes to prevent head-on accidents as early as tomorrow morning in order to prevent the next casualty. Road accidents are not fate but failure." On 9 November 2018, Route 90 collapsed above Kidron Stream, 10 kilometers south to Kalya, near Ovnat, due to a flood which created a sinkhole.
Highway 90 (Israel–Palestine) | Accidents
The crash took place at the National Route 34, which has little maintenance and many potholes. Areas near bridges are more susceptible to collisions, as the frequent braking of heavy trucks before crossing them damages the roads even further. According to investigations, the tires of the bus blew out some yards before a bridge, which caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
2015 Argentina road accident | Causes
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó confirmed that an investigation into the cause of the accident began soon afterwards. According to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, the driver lost control of the coach and that investigators had found no brake marks at the scene. The bus company, Pizolitbusz Ltd, is being investigated; the owner told media the bus had been in good condition. Analysis of the crash revealed that the barrier placed on the side of the highway did not behave according to the safety regulations: instead of bending and guiding the vehicle back to safety, it broke, causing a punctured wheel and acting like a rail trap carrying the bus into the bridge pylon.
2017 Verona bus crash | Investigation
Friday the 17th occurs on a month starting on Wednesday.
Friday the 13th | Friday the 17th in Italy
An investigation into the accident was opened. The Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza delle Ferrovie is responsible for investigating railway accidents in Italy. Point number five had been replaced the day before the accident. Investigators reported that the accident was caused by a set of junction points being in the reverse position, but were reported to the signalling system as in the normal - i.e. straight - position. Maintenance works occurred that night, and as a consequence of the inspection, points were found faulty.
Livraga derailment | Investigation
Friday the 13th has been considered an unlucky day. There are a number of theories as to why the number thirteen became associated with bad luck, but none of them have been accepted as likely.
13 (number) | Unlucky 13
The crash is often pinpointed as the start of the early 1990s recession, but the surprisingly-low growth rates (almost 0 percent) during the summer months and the savings and loan crisis earlier in the year had triggered the crisis almost concurrently with the mini-crash, which, in turn, got blamed by the public (the memory of the 1987 crash still being fresh) as the true culprit of the recession.
Friday the 13th mini-crash | Aftermath
The single roadway of the highway was considered very dangerous from marker 13 to 110 km, as the middle lane was used regularly for passing by both directions. Head-on collisions were common, with 91 incidents and three deaths in 1971 alone. For this, the highway was dubbed the "highway of death". At one point in 1980, the amount of fatal accidents were so high, judicial authorities ordered the closure of the highway in the Ceva – Altare section towards Savona. This was ordered July 17, 1980, and not long after on October 1 of the same year, the highway was reopened.
Autostrada A6 (Italy) | Dangers and safety concerns
On the night of 13 December, an avalanche struck an Italian division of the 7th Alpini, overrunning their mountain barracks. The Italians called the disastrous day "La Santa Lucia Nera" after Saint Lucy's Day.
White Friday (1916) | Val Ciampi d'Arei Avalanches
A navigational error may also have contributed to the accident.
1958 Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crash | Accident
The accident is blamed on a combination of excess speed and poor visibility.
Ballymacarrett Junction | History
The film involves a series of interconnected events that converge around two car-related accidents at 11:14 p.m. The connections between the events are not apparent at first, but are gradually revealed by a series of progressively receding flashbacks:
11:14 | Plot
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. For example, 2015 had a Friday the 13th in February, March, and November; 2017 through 2020 had two Friday the 13ths each; and the years 2021 and 2022 will both have just one occurrence each. Friday the 13th occurs in any month that begins on a Sunday.
Friday the 13th | Introduction
Therefore, all traffic normally running along that route (obviuosly including the '572 bis' express train) was diverted via Caserta, Rome and Florence. Express train '572 bis', pulled by two engines (FS Class E.645.016 and FS Class E.636.282), was traveling along the "Direttissima" (Florence–Rome high-speed railway) line between Florence and Bologna when, shortly after noon, it was derailed to the right by a small landslide that fell onto the rails, due to the heavy rain underway. In that section, the railway track was laid metres from a ravine along the A1 motorway but the first engine (E.645.016) fortunately stopped shortly before falling: up to that point, no major injuries had been caused by the accident, but the derailed E.645.016 was now askew, occupying both tracks of the railway line.
Murazze di Vado train disaster | Derailment and crash
There is a modern urban legend to the effect that the tradition of viewing Friday the 13th as unlucky originates with the date of the simultaneous arrest of many templars at the behest of Philip IV of France, on Friday, 13 October 1307.
Knights Templar in popular culture | Friday the 13th
The derailment, according to the first Polizia Ferroviaria survey, was caused by a critical failure of a switch. Initial reports blaming the accident on bridge collapse were found erroneous. The hypothesis of a bogie failure was considered and rejected by railway technicians. Bogies underwent a periodic check just one month before, and achieved just 6 thousand kilometers after the routine checks. Two inquiries, a technical one and a judiciary one, were set up. Many engineers serving on the line were questioned by railway police; most of them reported (as some of them did before the accident to supervisors) anomalous shocks and quivering around the switches near the Semenzara bridge.
Rometta Marea derailment | Inquiry
Italian Transport Minister Altero Matteoli informed the Italian Parliament on 1 July that a defective axle may have caused the accident. On 29 July 2009, an Extraordinary Network Meeting of the Network of National Safety Authorities was held. It invited members to disseminate information related to problems related to Type A Axles to railway operators, owners and keepers of freight wagons.
Viareggio train derailment | Cause
According to Vinci Autoroutes one third of accidents in French motorways are due to sleepy driving. In French motorways, 23% of people killed on motorways were not wearing seat belts, while 98% of front-seat passengers and 87% of rear-seat passenger wear seat belts.
Controlled-access highway | Causes of accidents
The court would have to have regard to the facts of case and to apply ordinary, common-sense standards in determining whether or not there existed a causal connection between the damage and the driving sufficiently real and close to enable it to say that the death or injury had "aris[en] out of" the driving. In the present case, the spillage of fuel from a stationary vehicle onto the road surface, as a result of the driver's attempt to rectify a fault in the fuel system, that he might continue driving, had caused other vehicles to skid on the fuel and collide, resulting both in injuries and in deaths.
Minister of Safety and Security v Road Accident Fund | Introduction
On French motorways, in 2016, 121 fatal accidents are direct/initial accidents representing 82% of fatal accidents, 16 (11%) fatal accidents occurs after a previous accident, and 10 (7%) fatal accidents occur after an incident. Three scenarios catch two-thirds of initial accidents:
Autoroutes of France | Fatalities accidents scenario
Another contributing factor to the casualty rate was the use of welds in the carriage bodies that "unzipped" during the crash. In summary, though the disintegrated resilient wheel was the root cause of the accident, the damage was as severe as it was due to a number of factors, including the proximity to the bridge and flipping point, as well as the position of the wheel on a car near the front of the train, leading to a large number of cars derailing.
Eschede derailment | Other factors
At approximately 9:30 in the morning of July 22, the bus apparently lost the use of its brakes at the base of the hill, in a location known to be dangerous to drivers. It missed the final curve of the descent and overturned into a ravine near the Romanche, where it immediately burst into flames. The accident occurred at almost the same spot at which a Belgian bus suffered the same fate in 1973, killing 43.
Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (2007) | Accident
A retrial was ordered by Italy's highest court in 2005. On 13 April 2007, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation delivered its own verdict (number 15050) stating that: "It has been determined that the accident was caused by a steering column failure. This failure was caused by badly designed and badly executed modifications. The responsibility for this falls on Patrick Head, culpable of omitted control". However, Head was not arrested since the Italian statute of limitations for culpable homicide was 7 years and 6 months, and the verdict was pronounced 13 years after the crash.
Death of Ayrton Senna | Italian prosecution
On top of this, road accidents incur a large economic impact. In Europe alone, it is estimated that road accidents are a cost to society by a measure of €130 billion annually. Road accidents and incidents happen for a number of reasons. The main cause of an accident is speed, this is followed by other issues such as driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs, being distracted at the wheel by a mobile devices, in-car radios or personal navigation devices. These risk factors listed here are but a few reasons for road collisions to occur and they demonstrate the myriad of complex factors that are at play for road-safety policy makers.
Road safety in Europe | Introduction
On 14 August 2017, a car deliberately rammed into a busy pizzeria restaurant in Sept-Sorts, a village about east from Paris, France. The attack resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl and injuries to 12 people.
Sept-Sorts car attack | Introduction
The 2017 Verona bus crash was a traffic collision that happened around midnight on the night of 20–21 January 2017 on the A4 motorway at San Martino Buon Albergo, near Verona, Italy. A coach that was transporting Hungarian high school students (14–18 yrs old) and their teachers back from a skiing trip in France collided with the highway traffic barrier, crashed into a bridge pylon, and then caught fire. The fire charred the bus. Sixteen people on board the bus were killed and at least 26 sustained injuries, 10 serious and two life-threatening. Some of the bodies of victims were burned beyond recognition, and the investigation team had to take DNA samples of the parents of the deceased victims to identify the bodies.
2017 Verona bus crash | Introduction
A traffic accident happens when a vehicle crashes due to malfunction, driver error, faulty road design, weather conditions, or a combination of these factors. The vehicle and its owner involved in a traffic accident usually collide with other vehicles, people, animals or stationary obstacles which can result in property damage, injuries, and even death. The majority of accidents are caused by human errors. In the U.S., traffic accidents caused 32,700 fatalities in 2013, and driver errors are responsible for 90% of the crashes. In that same year, the World Health Organization estimated the annual fatalities worldwide due to car accident to be as many as 1.24 million.
Transportation in Los Angeles | Accidents
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1976 is the deadliest cable car crash in history. On 9 March 1976, the steel supporting cable of an aerial tramway broke as a fully loaded cable car was descending from Mt. Cermis near the Italian ski resort of Cavalese in the Dolomites, north-east of Trento. The cabin fell some down a mountainside, then skidded before coming to a halt in a grassy meadow. In the fall, the three-ton overhead carriage assembly fell on top of the car, crushing it. Forty-three people died, including 15 children between the ages of 7 and 15 and the 18-year-old cable car attendant.
Cavalese cable car disaster (1976) | Introduction
Italian police began an investigation into the possible cause of the accident and said that a problem with a track switch could be the reason why the derailment occurred. A broken rail on a section of jointed track from the crash site was later identified as the cause of the derailment. That section of track was scheduled for replacement.
Pioltello train derailment | Investigation
The high death tolls in car accidents are blamed on high speed, unsafe vehicles, widespread disregard of traffic laws and inadequate emergency services.
Transport in Iran | Road accidents
On June 18, 2000, the southern portion of the Boulevard du Souvenir overpass in Laval (which crosses over Quebec Autoroute 15), under reconstruction, collapsed into the roadway, killing one and injuring two when cars were crushed underneath the structure. Sixteen beams weighing about each fell. The contractor was faulted for shoddy work. The arched concrete beams were unsecured and tipped over like dominoes, many of them breaking into pieces. The expressway has also seen flooding. On July 14, 1987, a sudden torrential downpour caused by an HP supercell thunderstorm dumped over of rain in just over one hour across the city.
Quebec Autoroute 15 | Disasters
The accident occurred less than a month after the September 11 attacks and the day after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began, but the Italian government was quick to rule out a terrorist attack as the cause. This was subsequently confirmed by the investigations that followed. The accident was investigated by the "National Agency for the Safety of Flight" (ANSV). The ANSV's final report was published on 20 January 2004, and concluded that the "immediate cause" of the accident was the incursion of the Cessna aircraft onto the active runway. However, the ANSV stopped short of placing the blame entirely on the Cessna pilots, who had become lost in the fog.
Linate Airport disaster | Causes
The Italian Hall Disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas party.
Italian Hall disaster | Introduction
Most people on board were sleeping at the time of the accident. A physical education teacher and his wife returned to the bus several times to rescue students. Both of their children died in the accident, and the teacher suffered burn injuries on his back during rescue. Other drivers on the road stopped to help, giving the survivors clothes and blankets, and a cell phone to call families. One driver Lanfranco Fossa stayed for over an hour to help translate for rescue crews, as the students did not speak Italian, only Hungarian and English. There were reports that a following truck driver had noticed "something wrong" with one of the coach's wheels, and black smoke coming from the rear.
2017 Verona bus crash | Accident
King Philip IV of France was responsible for the destruction of this Holy Order. The date these men were arrested, killed and charged was Friday, 13th 1307 which forever made Friday the 13th synonymous with bad luck. The Vatican didn't apologize until 2007.
Jahbulon | Background
On the unpaved road, braking led to cross-road oscillation of the truck, leading the truck driver to worry about a risk of falling off the road. The truck driver compensated by temporarily unbraking and turning sharply left—towards the axis of the road—at an unfortunate time, leading the truck to drive into the school bus at an angle of about 30 degrees. In the collision, the truck "skinned" off the school bus' left side, killing 8 students born in 1982–1986. Emergency response was delayed due to the accident site not being covered by GSM towers at that time as well as the lower-frequency emergency response dispatch radio transmitter being relatively far from the site, leading to several ambulances passing the accident site before finding it.
Pala accident | Introduction
Three days later one of the injured spectators died in hospital, making the total death toll 22. Other sources state that 27 spectators were killed all in all. By either estimation this is the worst accident, with respect to the number of lives lost, to occur at a Grand Prix and it is only surpassed by the 1955 Le Mans disaster in the history of motor racing. As a result the Italian Grand Prix was cancelled in 1929 and 1930.
Emilio Materassi | Death
In a curious incident, a driver following another car’s dust saw a child on the road. When he then hit a curbstone he was convinced he had hit the child. He stopped and fled the scene, catching a ferry from Messina to the mainland. Only sixteen cars started the second day. Marsaglia held his lead until near the end when engine issues stopped him. Nazzaro came through for the victory an hour ahead of the unlucky Marsaglia. With the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize not being held this year, it meant the Indianapolis 500 became the premier event in the United States.
1913 Grand Prix season | Season review
A number of suppositions were advanced for the failure. Early speculations about a gas explosion were quickly dismissed. One focus was on enlargement of the underground car parking - it was supposed that some main pillars were cut or removed by the builders combined with heavy rains of the previous days, and the geological conditions of the land under the building, rendered the structure unsafe. Some victims' relatives said that since the previous August some "squeaks" and noises had been reported in the structure, and misalignment of doors and windows was becoming a common concern. The first reports of potential structural concerns dated back to two full years before the tragedy, and were followed by a technical survey, leading to no remarks.
Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse | Inquiry
Another place for increased safety awareness is in the home. The day is promoted by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, which works also works other government and non-government agencies for this event. In 2016 Finland's National Accident Day occurred on May 13. The theme for that year was "accidents caused by haste" and there were increased traffic patrols in the weeks prior to the special day. One of the ongoing concerns is the hundreds of pedestrians, cyclists, and moped riders that are injured on the nation's roads. The police focused on pedestrian intersections, and they also wanted to monitor motorists' behavior in addition to the pedestrians.
National Accident Day (Finland) | Introduction
The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza. It was race 7 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was marked by one of the most terrible accidents in the history of Formula One, when on the end of lap 2 at the approach to the Parabolica German driver Wolfgang von Trips lost control of his Ferrari and crashed into a fence line of spectators, killing 15 and himself. The race was not stopped, allegedly to avoid the audience going home "en masse" jamming the roads around the stadium and thus impeding the rescue work for the injured.
1961 Italian Grand Prix | Introduction
Expert evidence later stated this was causal for the woman's driving mistake, as she likely jerked her steering wheel in panic, trying to avoid a rear-end collision.
Accident on the Bundesautobahn 5 | Accident
On October 17, 2006 an accident caused the death of one person and injury to more than 100 others.
Line A (Rome Metro) | Accidents
Traffic accidents often occur on the road. Although it is partly due to the human factor, the road has
Motorway 90 (Greece) | Safety
On October 27, 1962 on a flight from Catania (Sicily) to the Milan Linate Airport, Mattei's jetplane, a Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris, crashed in the surroundings of the small village of Bascapè in Lombardy. The cause of the accident has been a mystery. There are strong indications that the crash was caused by a bomb hidden in the airplane. All three men on board were killed: Mattei, his pilot Irnerio Bertuzzi, and the American Time–Life Journalist William McHale. The inquiries officially declared that it was an accident. The Italian Minister of Defense, Giulio Andreotti, was responsible for the accident investigation. During his controversial tenure of ENI, Mattei had made many enemies.
Enrico Mattei | Death
Accidents to the Taxes!! () is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by and written by Mario Mattoli.
Accidents to the Taxes!! | Introduction
The -year-old bridge was located on the river Magra at about south from the town of Aulla, a comune in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany in central Italy. In November 2019, a crack on the road pavement was reported by bridge users after heavy rainfall. ANAS S.p.A. ("Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade", English: "National Autonomous Roads Corporation"), was in charge of the maintenance of the bridge. After reports by drivers, ANAS carried out an inspection of the bridge, finding no anomalies or defects requiring emergency repairs. A crack in the road pavement was then repaired with fresh asphalt.
Caprigliola bridge collapse | History
Italian authorities found no braking marks on the scene of the crash.
2017 Verona bus crash | Accident
And while Borzacchini's Maserati had been crashing all over the track, Campari swerved to avoid him, and by doing this, his car went up and flew off the banking and crashed into trees situated right next to the track. Campari broke his neck and was killed instantly, and Borzacchini died later that day in a Monza hospital. Prior to the final, there was a drivers meeting to discuss the oil patch, and it was decided to clean it up. On the eighth lap, Polish aristocrat Count Stanislas Czaykowski was on the south banking when his Bugatti's engine blew up, and a fuel line then broke.
Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
On April 15, 1978, an accident involved units E.645.016 and E.636.282 in Murazze di Vado (in the province of Bologna). The train hauled by the two locomotives derailed due to damage to the line caused by a landslide, and ended poised over a slope. When the first rescue had already arrived, both locomotives were hit by an ALe 601 railcar on the express service "Freccia della Laguna"; the railcar coaches fell into the slope, while the locomotives piled up one on top of the other on their sides. The accident caused 32 deaths and 120 wounded. Verona's football club was travelling on the "Freccia della Laguna" train.
FS Class E.646 | Accidents
However, considering the nature of the deaths and injuries, medical experts believe the delays did not increase their number.
Pala accident | Introduction
In 1978 the same passenger train had been involved in another disaster, in Murazze di Vado. The "Freccia della Laguna" trampled another train and fell into a ravine, killing 42 and wounding 120. On 15 June 1969 two trains collided head-on in the nearby rail tunnel of "Galleria Sant'Antonio", in the nearby town of Barcellona, just 20 kilometers away, killing twenty.
Rometta Marea derailment | Previous accidents
Coordination between police forces, crews and rescue vehicles allowed for speedy evacuation of the injured to Bologna's Ospedale Maggiore, unprecedented in the country and replicated a few years later in the Bologna Massacre of 1980.
Murazze di Vado train disaster | First response coordination
They escaped unhurt because at the time of the accident they were having lunch in the restaurant wagon. After the accident, E.645.016 was scrapped. In Florence Firenze Castello station, on March 23, 1998, unit E.646.009 was hit by EMU ETR 480-34, that was running between Rome and Bergamo, and that passed a signal at 'danger' without stopping ("SPAD"); the accident caused one dead and 39 wounded. The E.646 was later decommissioned.
FS Class E.646 | Accidents
Upon noticing the signal, the driver made an emergency brake application but could only decrease the speed to before the train entered the turnout. During the journey, the driver had slightly oversped a number of times to maintain the schedule.
Jokela rail accident | Causes
The bridge was managed by the Province of Massa Carrara between 2000 and 2018. In December 2018, responsibility was transferred to the infrastructure company Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade SpA (ANAS) along with other 1,300 bridges across Italy, and of roads. The first warnings about the stability of the bridge had already been given in 2013. In 2019, motorists reported to authorities growing cracks in the asphalt surface of the road by severe weather. The technicians of ANAS insured after an inspection of the bridge in November 2019 that there were no structural problems, but only aesthetic impairments. At this time, it was not considered necessary to restrict the traffic.
Caprigliola bridge collapse | Bridge inspection and maintenance
He once lost control of his Delage 3000, accidentally killing five spectators standing too close to the road at the 1947 Italian Grand Prix.
Giovanni Bracco | Introduction
Raccordo autostradale 13 (RA 13) is a motorway which connects the Autostrada A4 with the highway SS 202 for the port of Trieste near the hamlet of Cattinara of the Julian capital and it is part of the so-called Grande Viabilità Triestina.
Raccordo autostradale RA13 | Introduction
National Accident Day (or Accident Day, "kansallinen tapaturmapäivä") is a day to raise awareness about automotive safety in the country of Finland. It is chosen to be on Friday the 13th each year and because there is a least one Friday the 13th per year on the modern Gregorian calendar, this is always possible. The event-day was started in 1995. In 2013, NAD was on September 13, and at that time Finland was experiencing about one million reported accidents, resulting in 2,800 deaths. Accident day is not limited to automotive accidents however, it is also to bring awareness to increasing safety in workplaces.
National Accident Day (Finland) | Introduction
The accident remains Indiana's deadliest industrial or construction accident. Investigators from the National Bureau of Standards for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) discovered several errors that caused the collapse of the bridge section. The most likely cause of the collapse was "the cracking of a concrete pad supporting a leg of the shoring towers". The failure of the concrete pad, built too thinly, led to another finding; bolts that were supposed to connect key stringers to cross-beams instead were replaced with frictional clips, but investigators did not find any documentation that supported this substitution. Investigators could not locate any engineering calculations supporting the pads as designed; worse, the pads were built substandard to the undocumented design.
Indiana State Road 912 | Ramp collapse
A few minutes after the crash, a hundred or so people from the nearby town rushed to the accident scene, including the city mayor, in order to help the passengers. They were quickly overwhelmed by the seriousness of the disaster, and little could be done without specialized equipment. Ten specialists from nearby Palermo Vigili del Fuoco's SAF forces (specialized in alpine, cave and river rescue), led by Commander Baldassare Battaglia, were dispatched to the disaster, along with four rescue vehicles, a truck with electric light projectors, two rescue helicopters and a heli-ambulance. From Messina a hundred men from the "Aosta" Mechanized Infantry Brigade, with vehicles and first response equipment, were sent to the scene to help with the rescue.
Rometta Marea derailment | Rescue operations
At least 40 people were killed and another 19 were injured in a bus crash near the town of Monteforte Irpino in Italy on July 28, 2013.
2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash | Introduction
The accident on the Rampe de Laffrey on July 18, 1973, remains, , the worst to ever have occurred along that stretch of roadway, among the worst in France. A bus was carrying Belgian pilgrims from Braine-le-Comte returning from a visit to the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette; it missed a curve at the base of the road, near its intersection with the bridge over the Romanche, and overturned. Forty-three people were killed and six injured in the resulting crash. After the crash the mayor of Laffrey condemned the route as being particularly dangerous, as it had already claimed over one hundred lives over the previous quarter-century.
Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (1973) | Introduction
On 29 August 1911, a 30-metre-high wood frame collapsed on itself at the Val Mela viaduct between Cinuos-chel and Brail causing the death of twelve Italian construction workers. In memory of this misfortune, the cause of which was never established, there is a plaque on the portal of the entrance of the Brail 1 Tunnel, which was last restored in 2003.
Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway | Construction accident 1911
On 6 February 2020, a Frecciarossa train derailed at Ospedaletto Lodigiano, killing two people and injuring 27 others.
Frecciarossa | Accidents and incidents
In April 2013, the television program Salvados questioned the official version of the incident as there were indications that the Valencian Government had tried to downplay the accident, which coincided with the visit of the pope to Valencia, or even to hide evidence, as the book of train breakdowns was never found. The day after the broadcast of this report, which received extensive media coverage, several voices called for the reopening of the investigation. The investigation was effectively reopened and the accident is currently under re-examination. On 9 July 2006, the World Day of Families, during Mass at Valencia's Cathedral, Our Lady of the Forsaken Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI used the "Santo Caliz", a 1st-century Middle-Eastern artifact that some Catholics believe is the Holy Grail.
History of Valencia | 21st century
He died of his injuries the day after the race. On race day, as a result of the poor conditions of Zolder and the accident on Friday, there was drivers' strike which caused the race to be started later than scheduled. Then, when the race started after yet another delay, there was a starting-grid accident involving an Arrows mechanic: Riccardo Patrese stalled his Arrows on the grid, so his mechanic Dave Luckett jumped onto the circuit to try and start Patrese's car; however, the organizers started the race and the whole field went into motion while Luckett was still on the road.
Belgian Grand Prix | Zolder and Nivelles
The accident on the Rampe de Laffrey on July 22, 2007, was one of the most serious accidents to occur along a stretch of road widely considered among the most dangerous in France. 26 Polish pilgrims were killed when their bus flew off the road and into a ravine near the town of Vizille. 24 people were injured, 9 gravely, in the crash.
Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (2007) | Introduction
The latter were largely empty because the collapse occurred on the eve of the Italian public holiday, . The initial hypotheses were that a structural weakness or a landslide caused the collapse. The bridge was reportedly undergoing maintenance at the time of the collapse, including strengthening the road foundations.
Ponte Morandi | Collapse
The Municipality of Aulla and local inhabitants had previously questioned the safety of the bridge. In an August 2019 letter, Vincenzo Marzi, then head of the ANAS department for Tuscany, replied that "The viaduct for the moment does not present criticalities such as to compromise its static functionality". This was before the discovery of a crack in the asphalt of the road in November 2019.
Caprigliola bridge collapse | Concerns about safety
The Murazze di Vado train disaster was a railway accident which occurred on April 15, 1978, near Murazze di Vado, an area in the town of Vado, part of the Monzuno comune, Bologna. A passenger train was derailed close to a ravine, and seconds later a second train crashed into it. With 42 killed and 76 injured, it is the fourth highest death toll in the history of the Italian railways, after the Balvano, Fiumarella and Voghera disasters. While the official count of the injured is 76, the actual number of injured is often said to be from 117 to more than 120.
Murazze di Vado train disaster | Introduction
Both the Hungarian Police and the Hungarian Ambulance Service (OMSZ) sent a team to Italy to assist the accident investigation and to help the survivors. To help the survivors and victims' families in coping with the psychological shock after the crash, several Hungarian psychologists travelled to Verona. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed condolences for the victims of the accident. The Hungarian government declared 23 January as a national day of mourning in memory of the victims. On that day, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, President János Áder, Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér and other officials attended a military ceremony in which the national flag at Kossuth Lajos Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament was raised and then lowered to half-mast.
2017 Verona bus crash | Reactions
Blame was put on engineer Ennio Covacci, who was found guilty of multiple involuntary killing. According to the sentence, the derailment was caused by Covacci missing a speed limit, most probably due to an unusual signaling used at the time: the green signal allowed for full speed, except for some limits stated on the special "M40" bulletin. Covacci received the bulletin but misread some limitations. The Corbellini car into the Borgo's field was recovered by means of a heavy-load crane. Initially set upside into a road, was later raised on new bogies taken from the scrapyard. A short rail was built to bring it back to the tracks.
Castel Bolognese train disaster | Aftermath
The incident sparked a heated parliamentary debate, which led the Italian Government (by Law 1855 of 23 December 1963) to revoke the grant to the Mediterranea Calabro Lucane of the right to operate the line, and appoint a Managing Government Commissioner of Ferrovie Calabro Lucane. Rail traffic on the line remained disrupted for some years, and between Catanzaro and Soveria Mannelli it was temporarily replaced by road vehicles. At Decollatura, place of origin of a substantial number of the victims, a monument was erected in memory of the fallen.
Fiumarella rail disaster | Consequences
A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Kraljevo and Novi Pazar, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding, DUI and other traffic offences are major causes of accidents, most of them occurring during the night. In three-year span from 2017 to 2019, a total of 1,736 traffic accidents happened on its route, with 86 deaths and 1,619 injured people. Before the completion of motorway on section from Belgrade to Čačak, with more than 18,000 vehicles passing the highway daily (as of 2016), it was one of the most frequent roads in Serbia.
State Road 22 (Serbia) | Accident statistics
A child was found carbonised in a car in front of the house where he lived with his parents. It is speculated that his parents put him in the car to save him and then returned to the house to save other two children. The two members of the train crew suffered minor injuries in the accident. A large area of Viareggio was damaged in the subsequent fires caused by the wagons carrying LPG self-combusting. Twenty-six people were reported to have been injured in the accident. The accident is the worst rail accident in Italy since the collision between two trains in Murazze di Vado near Bologna on 15 April 1978, which killed 48 people.
Viareggio train derailment | Details
Friday the 13th is an unlucky day in western superstition. Friday the 13th may also refer to:
Friday the 13th (disambiguation) | Introduction
Another racing incident occurred at Monza during the 1973 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix when a racing accident claimed the lives of world champions Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini. After the von Trips accident in 1961, the Monza Circuit had been lined with steel barriers as a result of demands by automobile racers. Most auto racers believed steel barriers would improve safety for auto racers and spectators, but they had the opposite effect for motorcyclists and proved fatal for Saarinen and Pasolini. The dangers of street circuits was further exposed at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix held on the twisty, tree-lined Montjuich circuit in Barcelona.
Road racing | Racing hazards and safety
After the story appeared in the national press, several investigations were carried out into the road. It was eventually determined that the accidents were most likely due to the camber of the road's surface, which reached dangerous levels in places and was duly altered.
Hairy Hands | Explanations
The film opens up as a young prosecutor is handed her toughest assignment: a truck driver charged with reckless driving. She has to prove that he was negligent and kept falling asleep at the wheel. After crashing his semi into a sports car, his rig turns over, gas starts leaking out and a fire ensues, shutting down the lights in the long tunnel. Unfortunately, due to the long size of the tunnel, or tube as it is known, it was impossible for rescue personnel to get in the tunnel to give adequate medical attention to the people seriously injured. There are several flashbacks, where survivors recall the accident, including a grieving father named Giuseppe Paoletti, portrayed by Flavio Insinna, an Italian family man who is driving his wife and son to Austria, who emotionally describes his account of what happened after the accident.
Der Todestunnel | Plot
The gaping hole in the wall left by the impact has been preserved, closed only by a glass pane, and the classroom hit by the aircraft has been turned into a memorial to the victims. Every year on 6 December, commemorations of the event take place in Casalecchio, endorsed by the municipality of Casalecchio di Reno, with public talks, ceremonies and initiatives on the themes of safety, solidarity and justice.
1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash | Legacy
The road between Cerlongo and Guidizzolo, in the communal territory of Cavriana, was the location of Alfonso de Portago's fatal accident in the 1957 Mille Miglia, where 12 people died. A memorial at the roadside commemorates the event. De Portago's 4.2-litre Ferrari 335 S blew a tire and crashed into the roadside crowd travelling at . The crash killed the driver, the co-driver and ten spectators, including five children. Spinning out of control, the Ferrari hit a channel on the left side of the road, then veered back into the onlookers. Two of the dead children were hit by a concrete highway milestone that was ripped from the ground by the car and thrown into the crowd.
Guidizzolo | "Guidizzolo Tragedy"
Furthermore, there is a good deal of evidence to indicate that unauthorized vehicles still use the road. The gantries were inaugurated in July 2008. On October 8, 2007, President Kaczynski presented a special decoration to 32 people who had participated in rescue efforts after the accident. The ceremony took place at the Polish embassy in Paris.
Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (2007) | Aftermath
Circumvesuviana had been involved in two previous accidents. On 6 December 1992 a switch malfunction, instigated by bad weather, caused a derailment. On 22 January 2009 a tree toppled by the wind hit the overhead electric wires and fell onto a train passing below. The train driver and guard were severely injured, but ultimately recovered.
Circumvesuviana derailment | Other incidents
The television show MythBusters performed a demonstration of this effect in a 2010 show. In France, in the years 2017 and 2018, 2563 and 2556 head-on collisions ("collision frontales") outside built-up area outside motorways killed 536 and 545 people respectively. They represent about 16% of all the fatalities including the ones on motorways and within built-up area.
Head-on collision | Road transport
The study showed a decrease of safety risk up to 42% due to timely alert of the driver or an automatic adjustment of speed, and that over 90% of accidents involve driver behaviour as a contributing factor. The data included assessment of risk in different positions on the road relative to intersections and visibility.
EuroFOT | Introduction
The Prosecutor's Office of Reggio Calabria has initiated an investigation and the seizure of the entire structure. The fire department after the emergency phase of the surveys have begun to determine the dynamics and causes of the accident. A similar incident occurred causing the victim It was on December 12, 2011 during the "Ora 2011–2012 Tour" of Jovanotti in Palatrieste in Trieste. After two weeks of suspension in respect of mourning, the tour starts from Florence going on in the city of Caserta, Genoa, Turin, Treviso and Acireale.
Inedito World Tour | Accident
Phinney crossed the line in an ambulance, receiving medical attention before making his way onto the rostrum. The incident itself was started by Roberto Ferrari clipping Mark Cavendish – the winner of the second stage – causing Cavendish to fall and the rest of the field to stack up behind. Race organisers saw fit to demote Ferrari on the stage results, penalise him on both time – 30 seconds penalty on the general classification – and a 25-point deduction, while he was fined also. Ferrari was remorseful at the time of the crash, but later apologised to Cavendish and other riders involved.
2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 | Introduction
Full interlocking with track circuits and signal indications might have prevented this accident.
Rule 55 | Accidents
The Aviation Safety Network reports four notable peacetime accidents: On 4 May 1949, an ALI G.212CP, registration I-ELCE, on a charter flight carrying the Turin soccer team home from Lisbon, struck a church on approach to the Turin airport, killing four crew members and all 27 passengers. On 6 December 1948, an ALI C-47, registration I-ETNA, crashed on takeoff from Milan-Linate airport, killing six crew members and one passenger.
Avio Linee Italiane | Notable accidents