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Review of Bus Safety Issues
TP 13330 E
• Abstract & Index
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Bus Data
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• School Bus Passenger Protection
• Conclusions
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Transport Canada > Road Safety > Review of Bus Safety Issues - Abstract

"Belt Systems in Passenger Coaches" ECE Paper Number 96-S11-W-29

"Belt systems in Passenger Coaches" ECE Paper Number 96-S11-W-29

"Bus Industry Safety Task Force – Final Recommendations" October 1997 (Ontario)

"Bus Ride" (industry journal) May/June 1998 (lists Canadian/U.S. bus manufacturers)

"Development of an Australian Design Rule for Seat Belts in Heavy Omnibuses" ECE Paper Number 94-S11-O-05

CCJ/The Air Brake Book "Retarders: Giving Brakes a Break"

CCMTA National Road Safety Monitoring Report, July 1997

NHTSA "Retarders for Heavy Vehicles: Evaluation of Performance Characteristics and In-service Costs – Volume 1: Technical Report" February 1981

NTSB/SS-87/01 "Crashworthiness of Large Poststandard Schoolbuses"

NTSB/SS-89/02 "Crashworthiness of Small Poststandard Schoolbuses"

"Safety Guard Crossing Control Arms", Specialty Manufacturing Company, 1998

Statistics Canada "Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Statistics" 53-215-XPB 1996

Statistics Canada "Road Motor Vehicle Registrations" 53-219 XBP 1995

Technical Memorandum "School Bus Emergency Door Retention Testing TM-ASFBE 97-01"

Transport Canada "Background Paper on School Bus Occupant Protection in Canada" TP 8013, 1989

Transport Canada "School Bus Emergency Door Retention Testing" TM-ASFBE 97-01

Transport Canada "School Bus Safety Study" TP 6222, January 1985

Transport Canada "School Bus Seat Development Study" (TP8445) 1989

Transport Canada 1995 Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics TP 3322

Transport Canada draft paper "Canadian School Bus Collision Summary 1989-1997"

Transport Canada leaflet CL9801(E) "School Bus Collisions 1986-1995"

Transport Canada, Road Safety "An Assessment of Intercity Bus Safety Issues" 1989-04-11

US NHTSA information Seatbelts On School Buses (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/pub/seatbelt.hmp.html)
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