On November 10, 1993, a tractor-semitrailer traveling southbound on U.S. Route 183 near Synder, Oklahoma, struck a 20-passenger school bus that was crossing the highway while traveling west on County Line Road. The side collision killed four of the nine children on the bus. The other five children and the two drivers sustained injuries ranging from minor to severe. The safety issues identified in this accident are the protection provided school bus occupants, the performance of the school busdriver and the view obstruction in the bus, the performance of the truckdriver, and the adequacy of motor carrier oversight.
National Transportation Safety Board Highway Accident Report: Collision of Small School Bus and Tractor-Semitrailer Near Snyder, Oklahoma, November 10, 1993
1994
66 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Accident investigations , Tractor-semitrailers , School buses , School bus accidents , Child fatalities , Injuries , Field of view , Visual fields , Occupant protection , Driver performance , Human factors , Speed , Recommendations , Oklahoma , Snyder(Oklahoma) , U.S. Route 183