The Motorcoach Safety Action Plan lays out concrete steps for improving motorcoach safety across the board, addressing issues of driver fatigue and inattention, vehicle rollover, occupant ejections and oversight of unsafe carriers.
“We are committed to making sure that bus travelers reach their destinations safely,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today. “These improvements will not only help reduce the number of motorcoach crashes, it will also help save lives and reduce injuries.”
While motorcoach travel is a very safe mode of transportation in the U.S. carrying 750 million passengers annually, an average of 19 occupants are killed in crashes each year according to data collected by NHTSA. More fatalities result among pedestrians and other vehicles involved in these crashes.