The development of coach seats as a restraint system

Krüger, Hans Joachim

Affiliations

¹TUV Rheinland e.V., Institute for Traffic Safety, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

In Western Germany about 14% of passenger transport on the roads is accounted for by buses. In comparison to the accident statistics of all road vehicles, buses and coaches rate as vehicles with the most upgraded internal safety. Nevertheless the statistics also testify that the elderly and children figure significantly as the victims of bus accidents. It is because of their special vulnerability, that further efforts for the development of the internal safety of buses and coaches are required and seem to be possible.

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1998	Berg FA, Niewöhner W. Pointers toward the improvement of safety in buses, derived from an analysis of 371 accidents involving buses in germany and from crash test results. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.791-806.
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