The report describes a bus station wagon collision. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the crash was the unorthdox and unlawful maneuvering of the station wagon by a driver under the influence of alcohol, and delayed evasive action by the busdriver. A cause of the secondary crash (rollover) was the lockup of the bus brakes which prevented steering control after the initial crash. Causes of injuries and fatalities to bus occupants were: localized failure of window columns; the tumbling of passengers within the bus because of the absence of passenger restraints; passenger ejections through windows; and the presence of hard and unyielding interior bus components. Contributing to the injuries of the two occupants of the station wagon was their failure to wear available seatbelts. (Author Modified Abstract)
Bus/Station Wagon Collision Followed by Bus Overturn U.S. Route 66 Near Marshfield, Missouri, October 10, 1971
1973
44 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Motor vehicle accidents , Accident investigations , Collision research , Buses(Vehicles) , Collisions , Death , Ejection , Injuries , Motor vehicle operators , Behavior , Ethyl alcohol , Automobile bodies , Design , Safety devices , Drinking drivers , Bus/Station wagon collision , Bus overturn