It's far safer by bus
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• Bus & Coach safety improved last year, with an overall drop in the number of people killed or injured in accidents involving PSVs.
There were 184 fatal accidents involving PSVs for every 100 million kilometres travelled last year, compared with 227 accidents in 1984. Only one PSV driver was killed.
Overall, 10,251 people were killed or injured in accidents involving PSVs last year, compared with 10,473 in 1984.
These figures are bound to take on a special significance because they will provide the base against which the bus market will be measured following deregulation on October 26.
Department of Transport statistics suggest that the most common accident involving PSVs occurred when the vehicle changed lane or went ahead along a left hand or right hand bend in the road.
There were a total of 5,703 such accidents involving PSVs last year. The next most common incident oc.cured when PSVs stopped, and this category accounted for 1,457 accidents.