Category: Bus Accidents

The extent to which bus drivers in New York State drive under the influence is sadly unknowable, as only incidents that result in an accident or dangerous enough driving to be pulled over by the police can be charted. Though parents may have suspicions, forcing the district to follow through

After having been caught skipping or falsifying potentially hundreds of required background checks, the City of New York has announced the intention of not only clearing this backlog but also requiring additional checks on drivers. Bus drivers will now follow the same vetting procedure as other Department of Education staff,

More than 30 people were injured on May 18th, 2018, after two buses collided at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New York to New Jersey under the Hudson River. The accident occurred when one transit bus rear-ended another. Due to the low speed of the collision there

The video of a school bus full of children attempting to cross multiple lanes of traffic is readily available online. The incident occurred in New Jersey on May 17th, 2018, during a field trip. The driver had missed an exit, and rather than let GPS determine an alternate route, he

If you were to sit down and design the most unsafe situation for a passenger on a tour bus, you would look at three things: the driver, the bus, and the environment. Evaluating each, you would determine what details each might possess that would increase the risk of a dangerous

The bus is an American staple, used to transport millions of people every year. With their large capacity, buses can be the ideal choice for a variety of different situations. When driving the highways or even just making a quick trip to the supermarket, buses are a common sight, with

Ten women and three men on their way back from a casino were fatally injured when the bus they were riding on collided with a tractor-trailer on a California highway early Sunday morning. Dozens of injured passengers were taken to three area hospitals for treatment, in what is being described

Sometimes nobody wants to drive, or there are so many people attending the same event that a caravan of cars is environmentally unfriendly. Sometimes a large amount of people need to get to the same far-off place for the same reason, or the company you work for would rather shuttle

Thirty-six hours is not a particularly long time. There are times when it seems like thirty-six hours takes forever to pass, but for the most part a day and a half can slip by with us barely noticing. A couple shifts of work, or a day of school, and time

We think we know how a bus accident will happen. Either the bus will be struck by a truck or car, or the bus will lose traction on the road and flip over. We have seen so many movies and have such active imaginations, we think we can guess how