Narrative:

We departed gate at lga just before sunrise. We [then] called for taxi from spot 3. I was pilot flying/taxiing. I turned on the taxi light to see and be seen as we started across the local vehicle road that crosses the exit from the alley there. A fuel truck approached from the right as I was getting underway. At first I assumed it would stop as all such vehicles normally do; but it did not stop and came right at the right side of the plane on a collision course at an alarming rate of speed. The first officer got my attention and called for me to stop as we both realized the truck seemed like it was going to hit us. I applied the brakes with much more force than normal in an effort to avoid a collision with the truck if it kept going right across the road. It stopped just after I did and then backed up. It was the worst example of airport vehicle driving I have seen in a 30 year aviation career. The ground controller asked us if the truck had cut us off and said he witnessed the event. We said it had cut us off.later I called the flight attendants to ask about their condition and the cabin; and made a PA. [One] flight attendant said she had fallen and bruised her leg; but was okay and kept on working the trip.the main cause was the truck driver who seemed to be driving a fuel truck on an airport road at about 15-20 mph without even looking outside at major airplane/vehicle intersections. I had the taxi light on which could not have been missed. In retrospect I could have also turned on the landing lights and the bright setting of the nose light; but I was so surprised I did not think of that in time. Also I could have recognized the event a few seconds earlier and stopped sooner and with less braking; but every other time I have had such an encounter the vehicle stopped; so this was just unexpected and I will be more wary next time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew reported having to brake abruptly while taxiing; due to a ground vehicle which was not giving way to their aircraft. There was no contact with the vehicle; however a flight attendant was slightly injured due to the sudden braking.

Narrative: We departed gate at LGA just before sunrise. We [then] called for taxi from spot 3. I was pilot flying/taxiing. I turned on the taxi light to see and be seen as we started across the local vehicle road that crosses the exit from the alley there. A fuel truck approached from the right as I was getting underway. At first I assumed it would stop as all such vehicles normally do; but it did not stop and came right at the right side of the plane on a collision course at an alarming rate of speed. The First Officer got my attention and called for me to stop as we both realized the truck seemed like it was going to hit us. I applied the brakes with much more force than normal in an effort to avoid a collision with the truck if it kept going right across the road. It stopped just after I did and then backed up. It was the worst example of airport vehicle driving I have seen in a 30 year aviation career. The ground controller asked us if the truck had cut us off and said he witnessed the event. We said it had cut us off.Later I called the flight attendants to ask about their condition and the cabin; and made a PA. [One] flight attendant said she had fallen and bruised her leg; but was okay and kept on working the trip.The main cause was the truck driver who seemed to be driving a fuel truck on an airport road at about 15-20 MPH without even looking outside at major airplane/vehicle intersections. I had the taxi light on which could not have been missed. In retrospect I could have also turned on the landing lights and the bright setting of the nose light; but I was so surprised I did not think of that in time. Also I could have recognized the event a few seconds earlier and stopped sooner and with less braking; but every other time I have had such an encounter the vehicle stopped; so this was just unexpected and I will be more wary next time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.