The omnibus occupies an important position in the traffic scene in the Federal Republic of Germany;this paper furnishes statistical data on this fact.In the light of the National Statistics, it is deduced that the risk of being killed or seriously injured as the occupant of a bus is low.This study covers 97 bus accidents in a collision in which occupants were injured; for the bus occupants, the risk of injury is given dependent on the accident opponent and kind of collision.
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