Samenvatting
A school bus carrying 21 passengers and a two- axle flatbed truck collided on August 28, 1987. The school bus driver and 5 passengers died; the truckdriver sustained critical injuries and 16 school bus passengers were injured. The safety issues discussed include the crashworthiness of the schoolbus body, particularly the floor, and deficiencies of the FMVSS applicable to the floor joints of large school buses.