Evaluation of rear-end bus collisions and identification of possible solutions.

Details

• Creators:
  Morris, William P. ; DeAnnuntis, Christopher
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Transit Research (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bus accidents
  • Rear end collisions
  • Accident causes
  • Accident analysis
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Bus bays
  • Multiple vehicle accidents
  • Highway safety
  • Countermeasures
  • Legislation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCTR 977-55 ; BDK85-977-50
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation. Research Center
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic study to examine rear-end ; collisions between motorists and public transit buses to achieve the following objectives: ; determine if rear-end collisions are increasing; conduct an assessment to ascertain the ; prevalence of rear-end collisions; identify conditions that exist when rear-end collisions ; occur; identify mitigation strategies for agencies that have identified rear-end collisions ; as a major issue; assess impact of Yield to Bus and pull-out bays on rear-end collisions; ; identify solutions and/or strategies to reduce rear-end collisions, and examine bus safety ; legislation in other states and assess whether Florida’s current statutes need to be ; revised.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27152/dot_27152_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 23.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cef59a80cf10ea0f77a57fbe7babf7acb698b40fe57074fb2d777f7f3a8106a7