According to CBS DC, several children were injured when a school bus drifted across a road in Beltsville and into a bus stop. [ubermenu-map address="Beltsville, MD" zoom="14" width="375px" height="375px"] Police say the 61-year-old driver left the bus unattended around 7:15 a.m. in front of High Point High School in Beltsville. Police say for unknown reasons, the...
Read MoreOne Victim Dead in Virginia Bus Crash, Driver in Custody
According to The NY Daily News, a shuttle bus transporting a group back from a birthday party collided with a car and overturned before dawn on March 23 along a highway in Fairfax County, leaving one person dead and sending 16 others to the hospital. The Virginia State Police said the bus was heading south...
Read MoreDriver Charged With Reckless Driving After Bus Carrying 58 Passengers Crashes
According to WJLA.com, the driver of a Princess Tours bus lost control on Interstate 95 between Stafford and Fredericksburg, sending the bus careening off the highway and flipping it on its side. Passengers say the bus was traveling at 60 mph or more when the crash occurred. “Due to road conditions, we’re looking at speed...
Read MoreNew Federal Rules for Long-Distance Buses after Fatal Car Crash Killed 15 People
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new safety rules for long-distance buses earlier this month. The rules come in the wake of a fatal bus crash that killed 15 people in New York City. Federal regulators created the rules to increase regulation on drivers and new...
Read MoreNTSB Holds Forum on Bus and Truck Accidents
Earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a two-day forum in Washington, D.C. to hear from federal regulators and safety experts about bus and truck safety. The latest data shows that deaths from truck accidents went from over 5,200 in 2005 to approximately...
Read MoreGovernment Agency Closes Bus Company Involved in Fatal Crash
On the same day in March that the Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation investigated passenger bus safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) shut down the Super Luxury Tours bus company in connection with a fatal bus accident in New Jersey. In...
Read MoreMTA Talking Buses will Alert Pedestrians
Ten Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) buses are equipped with talking technology to warn pedestrians who may be unaware of an approaching bus. An audible female voice alerts pedestrians, “Pedestrians, bus is turning! Pedestrians, bus is turning!” The MTA is testing two different audio warning systems to help avoid devastating Read More
Two Maryland School Buses Involved in Accident on Field Trip to Washington DC
Two Maryland school buses collided on their way home from a field trip to Washington, D.C.. The buses were carrying third grade students who had spent the day visiting sites and museums in the nation’s capitol. The buses were driving together when the trailing bus...
Read MoreTwo DC Metro Buses Collide, Injuring 26
Accidents involving Washington, D.C. public transportation have increased in recent years. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, only one death occurred each decade. Beginning in the mid 2000s, however, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has seen, on average, multiple deaths...
Read MoreTour Bus Falls off DC Beltway, Killing Driver and Injuring at Least 12
A chartered bus that runs tours to Washington, D.C. fell 45 feet off a high occupancy Washington beltway skyramp and landed on its side on Interstate 270 below. The bus was carrying several groups of Pennsylvania parents and their children who had just spent the day sightseeing in DC. The accident occurred at 4...
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