1995 — April 9, Dust Storm Related Vehicle Accidents, near Bowie, AZ — 10

— 10  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  FARS 1975-2010 Fatality Analysis.

— 10  NCDC/NOAA. Event Record Details, Dust Storm, 09 Apr 1995, 143- MST.

Narrative Information

“Strong gradient winds were responsible for dense blowing dust reducing visibility to a few feet along Interstate 10, near Bowie. The blowing dust resulted in four separate vehicle accidents, a total of 24 vehicles, 20 people injured, and 10 people killed.” (NCDC/NOAA. Event Record Details, Dust Storm, 9 Apr 1995, 143- MST; NCDC/NOAA, Storm Data, 37/4, Apr 1995, p. 13.)

Sources

National Climatic Data Center. Event Record Details, Dust Storm, Arizona, 09 Apr 1995.  NCDC, National Weather Service, NOAA.  Accessed February 2, 2009 at:  http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~189155

National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 4, April 1995. Asheville, NC: NCDC, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Accessed 2-25-2016 at: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-60FF6E76-F302-4945-865B-EAB54A5CA15B.pdf

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Partial Data Dump of Crashes Involving 10 or More Fatalities, by Year, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 1975-2009 Final and 2010 ARF. Washington, DC: NHTSA, pdf file provided to Wayne Blanchard, 1-26-2012.