This paper tries to collect the main technical problems related to bus frontal collisions, showing examples from everyday practice. This is a general survey about the frontal collisions of buses and does not go into details in the individual subjects. The possibility and the necessity of international regulations is shown, but further studies are required to know how to do it.
MatolcsyM.Crashworthiness of bus structures and rollover protection In Crashworthiness of transportation systems, 1997, pp. 321–360 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands).
2.
SukegavaY.MatsukawaF.KuboikeT.OkiM.Heavy duty vehicle crash test method in Japan. Sixteenth International Conference onEnhanced Safety Vehicles, Windsor, Canada, 1998, paper No. 98–94-0–13, p. 7 (NHTSA, Washington, DC).
3.
MatolcsyM.MolnárCs.Energy absorption and strength problems of bus driver compartment. In Proceedings of Conference onVehicle and Science, Bled, 1979, 1, pp. 24–39 (JUMV, Bled).
4.
AparicioF.GarrciaA.Coaches in traffic dents. A study of the Spanish situation during the years 1984–88. In Proceedings of XXIth Meeting of Bus and Coach Experts, Budapest, 1990, II, pp. 3–14 (GTE, Budapest).
5.
Driver and passenger casualties. All buses and coaches, 1971–92. Informal Document No. 6 of the sixteenth meeting of GRSG, ECE, Geneva, October 1993 (presented by UK).
