BUS INTERIOR DESIGN FOR IMPROVING SAFETY

The report describes a project of testing and analysis directed at finding solutions to the problem of on-board accidents on transit buses which was conducted as part of the Transbus program. Accident statistics are discussed with respect to the on-board accident problem, the on-board accident scenario, interior hazards and potential design changes, and the deceleration problem. A comparison of the risk of on-board accidents to other everyday human risks is presented. An on-board accident test procedure was developed based upon knowledge gained from the accident data analysis. This human factors test procedure is described in detail, in terms of the following: test objectives, detailed test procedures, data analysis procedures. The general test results, a comparison of the test results for the Transbus prototypes, and significant conclusions for urban transit bus safety are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen Applied Research, Incorporated

  4733 Bethesda Avenue
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20014

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-4-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 58 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance; Buses; Crash investigation; Deceleration; Design standards; Hazards; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Safety engineering; Safety factors; Statistics; Testing; Tests; Urban transportation; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Acceptability; Interior
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133425
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: BAARINC-TR-76-001 Final Rpt., UMTA-IT-06-0029-76-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-10008
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 1981 12:00AM