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Transit Bus Crashes

Connected Vehicle for Safety Transit Research

Image Sources: USDOT and Battelle, 2012

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Transit Bus Crashes

Motor Vehicle38%

Pedestrian19%

Off-Road/ Rollover/

Other40%

Bicycle3%Motor

Vehicle49%

Pedes-trian41%

Off-Road/ Rollover/

Other6%

Bicycle5%

Fatal Transit Bus Crashes All Fatal Crashes

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Transit Bus Crashes

Rear End37%

Head-On14%

Front-to-Side43%

Other7% Rear End

15%

Head-On18%

Front-to-Side61%

Other6%

Fatal Transit Bus Crashes All Fatal Crashes

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Connected Vehicle for Safety Transit Research

Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP)□ Basic safety and transit specific applications

using V2V or V2I communications□ Independent Evaluation Analysis Areas:

▪ System Performance▪ Driver Acceptance▪ Safety Impact

□ Evaluation results Fall 2014

National Transit Database (NTD) Collision Statistics Analysis

http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/38000/38000/38051/fhwa-jpo-13-116.pdf

Image Sources: UMTRI, 2011; USDOT, 2013