Shuttle bus crashed into school bus

[ewo1]

Here's a video from CNN that shows a shuttle bus crashing head on into a Amtran RE school bus... SCARY moment indeed!

Imagine not having your seatbelt ON when this happens!

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/0...td-kj-orig.cnn

[Meathead]

Hmm. I didn’t see any students flying forward. They could have just hit the seats in front of them tho.

[emoji3522]Dave

[s2mikon]

That's the problem with transit buses. The driver is always the first one to the crash.

[HamSkoolie]

Originally Posted by s2mikon

That's the problem with transit buses. The driver is always the first one to the crash.

That's a concern but watching that driver during the impact I was quite impressed with how little he was tossed about considering it was a head on and I didn't see any glass flying though I could have missed it.
I suspect the majority of the impact went low and below the frame with the other vehicle going under the front of the bus.
Now, what percentage of head on impacts are there vs buses?
Then how many of them are vs vehicles larger than an SUV?


I feel a lot safer in my RE now.

[ewo1]

Originally Posted by HamSkoolie

That's a concern but watching that driver during the impact I was quite impressed with how little he was tossed about considering it was a head on and I didn't see any glass flying though I could have missed it.
I suspect the majority of the impact went low and below the frame with the other vehicle going under the front of the bus.
Now, what percentage of head on impacts are there vs buses?
Then how many of them are vs vehicles larger than an SUV?


I feel a lot safer in my RE now.

If you notice I think he turned left a bit and the crash was at the front door area of the bus.

No matter how you look at it, there's not much protection on a flat nose bus!