Safety - UK - Modern buses 'five times safer'
Says the Mayor as disabled Londoners back new busesSuffolk,UK -Black UK Online -18 Nov 2005: -- Figures show that there are substantially more passenger accidents on the older open-backed Routemaster buses than modern vehicles: - 1 - You are five times more likely to be injured on a Routemaster than a modern bus; - 2 - The number of passenger accidents getting off a Routemaster is 25 per 100 buses; for a modern vehicle it is five per 100 buses; - 3 - There have been two deaths in the last two years involving people getting on or off Routemasters; - 4 - A modern double-decker bus has one space for a wheelchair, the Routemaster has none; - 5 - The average age of a Routemaster is 35 years whereas the modern double decker is on average two years... Londoners who have traditionally been excluded from using the bus service have today strongly backed moves to make the bus service safer and more accessible...
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