A study of post-crash bus evacuation problems.

Author(s)
Purswell, J.L. & Dorris, A.L.
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Abstract

A study was conducted to provide information related to the post-crash evacuation of intercity buses. A review of bus accident data and relevant literature was completed to provide an understanding of the variables related to bus evacuation. A survey was completed to document the passenger characteristics of a typical bus load. An analysis of the study provided information on time to evacuate for various conditions, hazards in evacuation, subjects reaction to the evacuation test and recommendations for bus design and operation to minimize evacuation problems.

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B 15478 (In: B 15462) /84/91.1/
Source

In: People on the move : proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, Detroit, Michigan, October 16-19, 1978, p. 522-527, 4 tab., 3 ref.

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