HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT: COLLISION BETWEEN TRUCK-TRACTOR SEMITRAILER AND SCHOOL BUS NEAR MOUNTAINBURG, ARKANSAS ON MAY 31, 2001
On May 31, 2001, near Mountainburg, Arkansas a Gayle Stuart Trucking, Inc., truck-tractor semitrailer collided with a 65-passenger school bus operated by the Mountainburg, Arkansas, Public Schools. Three school bus passengers were fatally injured; two other passengers received serious injuries. Four passengers, the school bus driver, and the truck driver sustained minor injuries. The major safety issues discussed in this report are the poor condition of the tractor semitrailer brakes, inadequate motor carrier inspections and oversight, and use of propane tanks on school buses, and occupant protection within school buses. As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board made recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the National Fire Protection Association, and spring brake manufacturers. The Safety Board reiterated a recommendation to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Corporate Authors:
National Transportation Safety Board
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20594 - Publication Date: 2002-9-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 69 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Brakes; Bus crashes; Container tanks; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injuries; Inspection; Motor carriers; Occupant protection devices; Oversight; Propane; Recommendations; School bus drivers; School bus passengers; School buses; School children; Tractor trailer combinations; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Truck crashes; Truck drivers
- Geographic Terms: Arkansas
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00936892
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/HAR-02/03, Notation 7490, HS-043 501
- Files: HSL, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM