Analysis of Florida Transit Bus Accidents

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Analysis of Florida Transit Bus Accidents

The FDOT Research Ideas project on System Safety plans and Accident Tracking Analysis completed in 1999, recommended that all Florida transit systems begin collecting a core set of accident characteristics to be monitored and analyzed on a statewide basis. This project uses this data to track and analyze accident occurrences and causal factors for four transit systems in Florida – Gainesville Regional Transit System, Sarasota County Transportation Authority, Volusia County (VOTRAN) in Daytona Beach, and Lee County Regional Transit System in Ft. Myers. In addition, a database was developed for medium transit systems to easily track and analyze their accident data in aggregate over time, allowing them to be able to identify trends in occurrences and the effectiveness of safety programs. A copy of the final report is available here in pdf format and in HTML format, and the accident database is located at http://www.cutr.usf.edu/bussafety/core/data.htm, under Florida Transit Bus Accidents. For more information, contact Debbie Sapper at sapper@cutr.usf.edu.

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