BUSES INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENTS CODEBOOK 2000 (VERSION MARCH 12, 2004)

This report provides one-way frequencies for all vehicles in the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute's file of Buses Involved in Fatal Accidents (BIFA), 2000. The 2000 BIFA file is a census of all buses involved in a fatal accident in the United States. The BIFA database provides coverage of buses recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) file. BIFA combines vehicle, accident, and occupant records from FARS with information about the physical configuration and operating authority of the bus from the BIFA survey.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Matteson, A
  • Shrank, M
  • Hershberger, D
  • Blower, D
• Publication Date: 2004-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus crashes; Buses; Crash data; Databases; Fatalities; Surveys; Transit operating agencies; Vehicle occupants
• Identifier Terms: Buses Involved in Fatal Accidents; Fatality Analysis Reporting System
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975897
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-2004-10,, HS-043 668,, Special Report
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-02-R-00090
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 2004 12:00AM