School Bus Driver Inservice 2014-15 What Went Wrong at Gray Summit?
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What Went Wrongat Gray Summit?
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What we know…
• School bus transportation is the safest way for students to get to and from school
• Of school age children killed in crashes during school hours:• 58% in cars driven by teenagers• 23% in cars driven by adults• 1% in school buses
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Close to home…..Washington
• School buses traveled about 100 million miles
• 58 “driver at fault” collisions involving school buses
• School buses .58 vs. 1.35 all vehiclesOSPI, Washington State Patrol, and Washington DOT data 3
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Washington 2013 Collisions:• Of 58 “driver at fault” school bus collisions, the
top four causes were:
• 19 failure to yield• 11 driver inattention• 4 following too closely• 4 backing
Washington State Patrol
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Fatalities:
• GMC pickup driver killed
• Student passenger killed
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Injuries:
• 35 passengers, both bus drivers and the Volvo tractor driver all injured
• 18 passengers were uninjured
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Probable Causes• First collision: GMC driver texting
• Second collision: lead school bus driver’s inattention and excessive focus on motor coach
• Third collision: driver’s following distance from the lead bus
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What did we learn?
Top three safety issues according to NTSB:1. Driver distraction due to portable
electronic device
2. Inadequate focus on forward roadway
3. Inadequate following distance
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Summary
• Transportation is safest mode of travel for students to and from school.
• Three contributing factors identified by the National Transportation Safety Board.
• Scanning the external environment is important.
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Evaluation
1. What is the safest mode of transportation for students to and from school?
School bus transportation
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Evaluation
2. List three contributing factors to the Gray Summit, MO collision.
Driver distraction/textingInadequate scanning forward roadwayInadequate following distance
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Evaluation
3. Why is proper scanning/glancing behavior important?
Avoid fixation on objects, scanning whole environment
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