BUS/STATION WAGON COLLISION FOLLOWED BY BUS OVERTURN U.S. ROUTE 66 NEAR MARSHFIELD, MISSOURI, OCTOBER 10, 1971

The report describes a bus station wagon collision. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the crash was the unorthdox and unlawful maneuvering of the station wagon by a driver under the influence of alcohol, and delayed evasive action by the busdriver. A cause of the secondary crash (rollover) was the lockup of the bus brakes which prevented steering control after the initial crash. Causes of injuries and fatalities to bus occupants were: localized failure of window columns; the tumbling of passengers within the bus because of the absence of passenger restraints; passenger ejections through windows; and the presence of hard and unyielding interior bus components. Contributing to the injuries of the two occupants of the station wagon was their failure to wear available seatbelts. (Author Modified Abstract)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1973-1-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bus crashes; Buses; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Design; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Ejection; Ethanol; Fatalities; Injuries; Motor vehicle bodies; Overturning; Research; Safety equipment; Station wagons; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies; Bus overturn; Ntsb
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046225
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SS-R-19,, NTSB-HAR-73-1,, Accicent Report
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 2000 12:00AM