On August 28, 1987, a 1982 school bus carrying 21 passengers was traveling westbound on Levy County (Florida) Road C-32 when it collided with a two-axle flatbed truck traveling northbound on Levy County Road C-337 near Bronson, Florida. The school bus driver and 5 passengers died; the truckdriver sustained critical injuries and 16 school bus passengers were injured. The safety issues discussed in the report include: the crashworthiness of the Thomas Built school bus body, particularly the floor, and deficiencies of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard applicable to the floor joints of large school buses.


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    Title :

    Highway Accident Report: Collision of Levy County, Florida School Bus and Airdrome Tire Centers, Inc., Truck near Bronson, Florida, August 28, 1987


    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    56 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English