Motorcoach Run-off-the-Bridge and Rollover, Sherman, Texas, August 8, 2008

Author: National Transportation Safety Board
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781496105943
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
As a result of the accident, 17 motorcoach passengers died, the motorcoach driver received serious injuries, and 38 passengers received minor-to-serious injuries. The major safety issues identified in the accident investigation included the need for tire pressure monitoring systems on commercial vehicles; the need for criteria for the selection of bridge railing designs; the lack of oversight of the Federal commercial vehicle inspections delegated to the states; the lack of motorcoach occupant protection systems; and the deficiencies in Federal safety oversight of new entrant motor carriers.

Highway Accident Report Motorcoach Run-Off-The-Bridge and Rollover Sherman, Texas August 8, 2008

Author: National Transportation Safety Board
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781512243192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
About 12:45 a.m. on August 8, 2008, a 56-passenger motorcoach was northbound on U.S. Highway 75 when it was involved in a single-vehicle accident in Sherman, Texas. The motorcoach had left Houston, Texas, about 8:30 p.m. on August 7, 2008, with a driver and 55 passengers onboard, en route to Carthage, Missouri. Before the crash, the motorcoach was traveling in the right lane of the four-lane divided highway. As the motorcoach approached the Post Oak Creek near Sherman, its right steer axle tire failed. The motorcoach departed the roadway, overrode a 7-inch-high, 18-inch-wide concrete curb, and struck the metal bridge railing. After riding against the bridge railing for about 120 feet, the motorcoach went through the railing and off the bridge. It fell about 8 feet and slid on its right side before coming to rest on the inclined earthen bridge abutment adjacent to the creek. As a result of the accident, 17 motorcoach passengers died, the motorcoach driver received serious injuries, and 38 passengers received minor-to-serious injuries.

Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation's Motorcoach Passengers

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2012: FY 2012 budget justifications: HUD; AB; FMC; NRC; USICH; NTSB

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1108

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Federal Register

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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How Best to Improve Bus Safety on Our Nation's Highways

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Oversight of Motor Carrier Safety Efforts

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Making Our Roads Safer

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Roadside Design Guide

Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Motorcoach Override of Elevated Exit Ramp, Interstate 75, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2, 2007

Author: National Transportation Safety Board
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
The motorcoach then overrode the bridge rail, rotated clockwise, and fell 19 feet onto the southbound lanes of the interstate. The motorcoach came to rest on its left side (driver's side), perpendicular to the southbound lanes of Interstate 75. Two southbound passenger vehicles received minor damage from debris as the motorcoach fell onto Interstate 75; none of the passenger vehicle occupants were injured. Seven motorcoach occupants were killed: the driver, the driver's wife, and five passengers. Seven other passengers received serious injuries, and 21 passengers received minor injuries. Major safety issues identified in this accident include inadequate HOV traffic control devices, inadequate motor carrier driver oversight, lack of event data recorders on motorcoaches, and lack of motorcoach occupant protection.