THE THOMAS TESTS CONFIRM CANADIAN RESULTS

The results of side impact collisions on both right and left sides of buses reveal that seat belts made little difference in the survivability of passengers on board a school bus. The tests were intended to evaluate whether compartmentalization works as well during side impact accidents as tests have shown it does during frontal impact accidents. Results show that compartmentalization is effective in side impact collisions and that seat belts would not make any significant difference as far as head and chest injuries are concerned. The results of the fuel integrity tests conducted on the same Thomas Built Buses were also favorable.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

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  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1985-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Injuries; Manual safety belts; School buses; Side crashes; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compartmentalization
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450949
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 998
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM