School Bus Safety - National Transportation Safety Board
School buses use a unique technology called compartmentalization—a passive occupant protection system to protect children in crash. School bus seats are made with an energy-absorbing steel inner structure and high, padded seat backs, and are secured to …
Of the 35 school bus passengers, 7 sustained fatal injuries, 24 sustained serious to minor injuries, and 4 were not injured. The school bus-driver sustained minor injuries. The estimated 120 passengers and the 3 crewmembers aboard the train were uninjured. School Bus.— On the day of the accident, the TJA school bus dispatcher called the
School Bus Collision With Combination Vehicle and Postcrash Fire
Apr 3, 2024 · About halfway through the curve, the school bus crossed over the broken yellow centerline and entered the westbound traffic lane, where it subsequently collided head-on with the combination vehicle. Following the impact, both vehicles departed the roadway to the north, where the combination vehicle’s semitrailer overturned, and both vehicles ...
School bus at BCR 528–660 intersection on February 16, 2012..... 4 Figure 4. School bus and truck at final rest..... 4 Figure 5. Truck driver view of BCR 528–660 intersection from 463 feet, showing
(NTSB) continues to investigate school bus crashes in which fatalities and injuries occur. Improved oversight of school bus drivers and enhancements to school bus design—such as installation of passenger lap/shoulder belts, electronic stability control, and automatic emergency braking—could prevent or mitigate such crash outcomes.
Chattanooga school bus driver complaint history, August 11–November 21, 2016 ..... 22. Table 5. MVA license history for Baltimore school bus driver, 1972–2008 ..... 28. Table 6. Personal vehicle driving violation history for Baltimore school bus driver, 2004–
School Bus Run-Off-Road and Fire - National Transportation …
We determined that the probable cause of the fatal school bus run-off-road and fire in Oakland, Iowa, was (1) the driver’s failure to control the bus, backing it into a roadside ditch for reasons that could not be established; and (2) the failure of the Riverside Community School District to provide adequate oversight by allowing a driver to operate a school bus with a known physical ...
School Bus Run-Off-Road and Rollover Crash
On Friday, December 17, 2021, about 12:10 p.m., a 2018 IC 43-passenger, lap belt-equipped school bus, operated by Hempstead Independent School District (ISD), was traveling south on Farm to Market Road (FM) 1887 in the unincorporated community …
Waterloo, Nebraska, Public School, School Bus and Union Pacific ...
At 8:10 A.M. on October 2, 1967, a school bus carrying 13 children to school, traveling east on County Road 29, near Waterloo, Nebraska, was driven across an unprotected highway grade crossing and was struck by a westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train traveling at 56 m.p.h.
School Bus and Dump Truck Collision, Central Bridge, New York, October 21, 1999. Highway Accident Report NTSB/HAR-00/02. Washington, DC. Abstract: On October 21, 1999, about 10:30 a.m. near Central Bridge, New York, a school bus was transporting 44 students and 8 adults on a field trip. The bus was traveling north on State Route 30A as it