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| ![]() More images of Private VOLVO bus accident near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. 11 People perished in this accident (Including driver) and many injured. Bus was on it's way from Bhubaneswar to Hyderabad and this incident took place at around 5 AM today, as driver dozed off at the wheel. ![]() Source: Andhra Jyothi. |
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One wouldn't expect a car bashing culvert to just pop out of no where. When you see the drain channels on the side, you think it'll be a small bump and slow down, especially with the lights casting a shadow. The road in the distance is smooth and empty - I am sure the vehicle was doing more than 30kmph speed limit that would be the norm on such a road, but even at 50kmph it would pop up before you have time to respond adequately. | |
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| ![]() Guys, a small doubt just popped in my mind just now. I assumed two things, Assumption-1: Had the bus been facilitated with SEATBELTS. Assumption-2: Had all the passengers on-board fastened the seat belts. Dont you guys think out of 11 people atleast 7 of them would have survived this crash with minor injuries? However survival chances of driver are highly unlikely. |
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If you see the pics the bus has jumped the median & protection wall and fit neatly into the space between the culverts with no major crash damage to the sides or rear. The front of the bus has suffered more damage and the position of seats also suggest that there was no major sudden deceleration leading to fewer casualties. If the bus had hit at high speeds definitely the front of bus would have telescoped into the rear as well as the seats would have been pulled off the anchor points. The recovery guys are doing more damage to this bus by lifting it by wired ropes rather than belts. | |
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Hell, it's been 4 days and the road has not even been filled. But calling them out would be wrong. | |
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Seeing the images, it looks possible - only the 1st and 2nd rows and probably 3rd row has been badly mashed. So at least 5 of the people who died could have escaped with maybe injuries. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Terrible bad luck for that Volvo and its passengers: A. The culvert was narrow B. The comparatively huge Volvo smashed through the retaining wall head on C. Fell straight down into the dry smooth culvert-bed D. And then smashed at high speed straight into the other side. Even if one of these factors had been different, there would have note been so many fatalities. RIP. |
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| ![]() There is no way Seat Belts can save people in these conditions. Atleast the few rows in the front which will absorb the entire brunt of the collision. Given the location where the bus has fallen it is absolute head on with the wall and force would have traveled all the way till the last seat. Given that average Indian population is 5'5 or 5'7, many would have had severe leg injury since operators in India do not use the seating arrangement of Volvo and try to do after market seat positioning, lessening the leg space. Since there are no airbags, chest cavity will surely hit the seat before causing multiple torso fracture. Those who survived are lucky. |
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I guess, you misread the above line and got confused. Yes you're right, No Car is completely safe from tyre burst. But the Luxury Cars minimise it. How? In tyre burst, Cars are air borne, yes you read it right. At speeds around 200 kmph, it happens. If there's a front tyre burst, then only God can help us. It's not an assumption, but facts. The incidents have happened during my tenure in Middle east before the Millennium (Year 2000). Very few Radar's, Camera's in those days and Electronic gadgetry was minimum compared to now. Most important, there were no Tubeless tyres for average or low priced Cars. With the temperatures soaring above 50 degrees and even with 50% worn out tyres, tyre bursts are common in this part of the world. I've lost one of my relative and a visit to the Police Station baffled me. They'd posted some of the Accident photos and most of them tyre burst and they were flung into the air and landed where ever you can imagine. So, Luxury Cars by keeping the front tyres straight may hit the median or another Vehicle, but not air borne just like other Vehicles. Chances of fatalities will be less. The locals used to travel at 250 kmph or even more on the highways, even though 120 kmph was the maximum speed. | |
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| ![]() http://www.newindianexpress.com/stat...r-1577367.html Bus crash near Ayoor, Kerala which killed 3 young techies. My wife's home is close to where this happened. Apparently, a two wheeler driver lost his helmet (most probably slung over arm) and stopped abruptly. The private bus driver who was behind said two wheeler lost control and rammed onto the side of oncoming KSRTC super fast bus. Locally, the private bus and it's driver has a reputation for rash driving. A malayalam daily reports today that, the MVD is intending to cancel the private bus's permit and it's driver's licence. |
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