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ACHES and buses are ong the safest vehicles on e road and their accident te is not getting any worse. Psv users (driver or ssenger) were less likely to ffer death by accident than y other road user and were s likely to suffer injury than y other road passenger hide user, says a paper ued for discussion at a cent Department of ansport-sponsored conence entitled Roads to fety. Its statistics are drawn. m the period 1967-1977.
Only 0.1 person were killed ring 1977 in a psv per 100m travelled. Less people were injured on psv vehicles in 1977 than in any year since 1969 in the UK.
Despite these encouraging figures, public confidence in coach travel may be damaged by sensational treatment given to recent fatal accidents involving psvs in the media, and some particularly illinformed and speculative reports which have suggested that British coaches are illequipped, old-fashioned, and less safe than their continental counterparts, writes the Passenger Editor.
Britain's coaches are not based on simple truck-derived chassis and conventionally sprung vehicles are not necessarily uncomfortable. British and US regulations, with the compulsory tilt test, ensure safety standards often higher than those of other countries.
To assist psv operators to over come damaging publicity and the wide coverage given to coach accidents, the Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) has published a leaflet for its members to supply to customers and prospective customers. Entitled Your Safety is in our Hands, the leaflet describes simple psv controls and the good safety records of psvs in Britain.