MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION CASE NO. UMM 102. CHARTER BUS/RUN OFF THE ROAD

The report is an in-depth multidisciplinary study of an accident involving a 1966 Blue Bird charter bus with 42 occupants. The driver was unable to keep the bus under control on a long, steep downgrade and it finally left the roadway and ran down the side of a small steep canyon. The bus left the roadway at less than 30 MPH, and did not turn over. One passenger was fatally injured and the rest sustained minor to moderate injuries.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  1 University of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87131

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • May, G W
  • BAKER, W E
• Publication Date: 1974-10-25

Media Info

• Pagination: 158 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Control; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Injuries; Research; Slopes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090552
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Case Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-258-2-462
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM