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 …

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. In November 2016, the NTSB began the investigation of two multifatality crashes involving school buses.

Jun 6, 2023 · This information is preliminary and subject to change. Release date: 6 June 2023 On Friday, May 12, 2023, about 7:20 a.m. central daylight time, a 2016 Bluebird school bus, operated by the Reedsburg, Wisconsin School District, stopped to board passengers in the westbound lane of State Highway 23/33 (SH 23/33) in the vicinity of Northwoods Drive near …

The accident occurred after the school bus had crossed the railroad tracks and stopped for a red traffic signal, with its rear extended about 3 feet into the path of the train. Of the 35 school bus passengers, 7, 24, and 4 passengers sustained fatal, serious to minor, and no injuries, respectively; the busdriver received minor injuries.

Nov 3, 2022 · For additional information on school bus safety, visit the NTSB’s school bus safety page: School Bus Safety (ntsb.gov). To report an incident/accident or if you are a public safety agency, please call 1-844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290 to speak to a Watch Officer at the NTSB Response Operations Center (ROC) in Washington, DC (24/7).

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

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–

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 ...

On Monday, November 21, 2016, about 3:20 p.m. (eastern daylighttime), a 2008 Thomas Built Buses 84-passenger school bus was traveling south in the 300 block of Talley Road, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, when it departed the roadway, rolled onto its right side, and struck a tree The school bus, operated by Durham School Services, under contract to the Hamilton …