On May 9, 1999, about 9:00 a.m., a 1997 Motor Coach Industries 55-passenger motorcoach, operated by Custom Bus Charters, Incorporated, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 610 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bus, carrying 43 passengers, was en route from La Place, Louisiana, to a casino approximately 80 miles away in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. As the bus approached milepost 1.6, it departed the right side of the highway, crossed the shoulder, and went onto the grassy side slope alongside the shoulder. The bus continued on the side slope, struck the terminal end of a guardrail, traveled through a chain-link fence, vaulted over a paved golf cart path, collided with the far side of a dirt embankment, and then bounced and slid forward upright to its final resting position. Twenty-two passengers were killed, the bus driver and 15 passengers received serious injuries, and 5 passengers received minor injuries. The following major safety issues were identified in this accident: Inadequacy of the medical certification process, including the current Federal regulations: absence of a mechanism for identifying drivers who have tested positive for drugs; lack of Federal regulations or standards regarding passive and active occupant protection systems on large buses sold or operated in the United States; and the degraded condition of the guardrail posts along the interstate at the accident site.


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    Titel :

    National Transportation Safety Board Highway Accident Report: Motorcoach Run-Off-The-Road Accident in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 9, 1999


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2001


    Format / Umfang :

    132 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch