MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: FREEWAY OFF-RAMP DEPARTURE; SCHOOL BUS ROLLOVER, 29 FATALITIES

An accident is documented in which a school bus carrying 52 persons and driven by a male with limited experience failed to negotiate a freeway exit ramp curve and fell inverted 21 feet to the ground. Fatalities, injuries, and damage are recorded, along with extrication procedures and disposition of the casualties.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University Park
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90007

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BAIRD, J D
  • Sublett, F
  • Hughes, R
  • Averett, V
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 478 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Casualties; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Freeways; Injuries; Interchange ramps; Loss and damage; Multidisciplinary teams; Ramps; Research; Rollover crashes; School buses; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Extrication; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-303 Final Rpt., USC-SB-76-01
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-6-01314
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM