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Rural Travel Risk Factors for Large Buses Bruce Coury, PhD. Office of Research and Engineering. Fatal Accident Data Analysis. Focus on large buses: 2000-2007 Motorcoaches Transit and city buses Specialty/medium-sized buses (GVWR 10K-26K pounds) Passenger-carrying operations

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  1. Rural Travel Risk Factors for Large Buses Bruce Coury, PhD Office of Research and Engineering

  2. Fatal Accident Data Analysis • Focus on large buses: 2000-2007 • Motorcoaches • Transit and city buses • Specialty/medium-sized buses (GVWR 10K-26K pounds) • Passenger-carrying operations • Tours and charters • Scheduled service • Commuter service • Shuttle service

  3. Fatal Accident Data Analysis • Results: 2000-2007 1,093 fatal accidents 1,315 fatalities 3,471 nonfatal injuries • Travel risk found to be higher than previously reported

  4. Travel Risk Higher Than Expected Bus Occupant Fatality and Injury Accidents 2000 - 2007

  5. Tour & Charter Rural Travel Risk Rural Fatal Accidents Involving Large Buses 2000 - 2007

  6. All Bus Occupants Are At Risk Rural Fatal Accidents Involving Large Buses 2000 - 2007 Nonfatal Injuries Fatalities

  7. Large Bus Rural Travel Risk • Rural fatal accidents involving large buses dominated by tours and charters • Almost all are motorcoaches • Accidents can produce a large number of nonfatally injured bus occupants • Accidents place considerable demands on rural EMS resources • Comprehensive analysis required to characterize rural travel risk for large buses

  8. Federal Efforts to Address Risk • FHWA High Risk Rural Roads Programs • Focus on fatalities misrepresents risk of injury • Measures of exposure too coarse • FHWA Highway Safety Improvement Program • Establishes criteria for all highway safety improvements • Focuses on fatalities and coarse activity measures • Emphasizes construction projects

  9. Summary • Inadequate large bus travel data limits States’ ability to assess high risk rural roads and locations • Highway Safety Improvement Program does not adequately account for travel risk by large buses • FHWA criteria must take into consideration bus travel in rural areas

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