Factors Contributing to School Bus Crashes

School bus safety is a community concern because parents expect their children to be transported to and from school safely. However, relatively few studies have been devoted to examining the factors contributing to school bus crashes. In this study, a logistic regression model is used to delineate the factors that contribute to school bus collisions from collisions involving other types of buses. As expected, the authors find significant differences in crash factors arising from differences in exposure and operating characteristics. Surprisingly, they also find that school bus drivers are more likely to commit driving violations or errors than non-school bus drivers.

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  • Reprinted with permission of the Transportation Research Forum
• Authors:
  • Yasmin, Shamsunnahar
  • Anowar, Sabreena
  • Tay, Richard
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 63-78
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus crashes; Crash causes; Logistic regression analysis; School bus drivers; School buses; Traffic violations
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520529
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 2014 11:31AM