Analysis of Bus Transit Accidents: Empirical, Methodological, and Policy Issues [Executive Summary]

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• Creators:
  Jovanis, Paul P. ; Schofer, Joseph L. ; Prevedouros, Panos D ; Tsunokowa, Koji
• Corporate Creators:
  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bus Transit Bus Transit Safety Data Collection Empirical Methods Methodology Policy Safety Safety Policy Transit Safety Data
• Publication/ Report Number:
  IL-II-0031
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Chicago (Illinois)
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  Compared to published safety research in other areas of transportation transit safety in general and bus transit safety in particular are understudied topics. There is a need to analyze bus transit accident data as a means of deriving more refined hypotheses concerning accident causality. The research should include a discussion of empirical findings, methodological concerns and policy implications. Accident report data from metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, for 1982-84 are analyzed to derive refined safety measures. The analysis of over 1800 accidents leads to the general conclusion that safety is well-managed at the studied agencies. A full 89% of accidents involve collision with another vehicle or object while 11% involve non-collision passenger injuries while boarding, alighting or moving about the bus. Severity of injury is low and occurs infrequently except for collisions in which autos rear-end the bus. Accident occurrence appears to increase near times of driver shift changes, although further studies are needed for verification. Drivers with 3-6 years experience are overrepresented in accidents. The report concludes with policy recommendations and directions for future research.
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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