"In 2003 there were 31,811 road traffic collisions, resulting in 38,430 casualties in Greater London. Of these collisions, 1,931 (6%) involved injury to bus occupants, and resulted in 2,343 casualties (6% of all casualties). This total consisted of 146 bus drivers (6%) and 2,197 passengers (94%).
In Great Britain as a whole, there were 9,068 bus occupant casualties recorded in 2003, comprising 862 drivers (9.5%) and 8,206 passengers (90.5%). Therefore, 26% of all bus occupant casualties in Great Britain were injured in the Greater London area
"In 2003 there were 31,811 road traffic collisions, resulting in 38,430 casualties in Greater London. Of these collisions, 1,931 (6%) involved injury to bus occupants, and resulted in 2,343 casualties (6% of all casualties). This total consisted of 146 bus drivers (6%) and 2,197 passengers (94%).
In Great Britain as a whole, there were 9,068 bus occupant casualties recorded in 2003, comprising 862 drivers (9.5%) and 8,206 passengers (90.5%). Therefore, 26% of all bus occupant casualties in Great Britain were injured in the Greater London area
One could suggest that collisions involving buses will attract people who are going to put a compensation claim in even if they are not injured, they will therefore raise the injury / casualty figures.
One notable collision I remember was a traffic collision on Scotland Road Liverpool, involving an M.P.T.E ( Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive ) bus, the collision happened outside one of the many pubs on this stretch of road, witnesses stated that at least a dozen people ran from the pub and got on the bus after the collision and all sat there holding their necks !!!
Ay up gaffer! I’ve delivered that bombed out house to the film set where they’re making The Battle of Britain like you said, but the cab roof is a bit battered. Do you want me knock it back into shape with a club hammer?
I wonder how that truck was able to continue its way with the braking piping torn away; that couldn’t happen in Europe. Aren’t American trucks fitted with emergency braking?
I wonder how that truck was able to continue its way with the braking piping torn away; that couldn’t happen in Europe. Aren’t American trucks fitted with emergency braking?
By applying the tractor protection valve(red button), cutting the air supply to the trailer.
