Bus Accidents

Buses are a key resource for community transportation, including city buses, touring buses, and public school buses. We tend to feel safe when riding these large, lumbering passenger vehicles, but an average of 60,000 bus accidents occur annually in the U.S. with as many as 14,000 injuries. While traveling by bus remains statistically safer...

KING COUNTY, WA -- One person was sent to the hospital Tuesday morning after a collision between a bicyclist and a school bus near North Bend, reports Q13 FOX. Eastside Fire & Rescue crews responded to the scene in the 39000 block of Southeast North Bend Way shortly before 7:26 a.m. EFR units are...

KING COUNTY, WA -- A pickup truck driver was injured Friday in a collision with a school bus in south Bellevue's Somerset neighborhood, according to NBC16 KMTR. Authorities learned the truck was traveling south on Coal Creek Parkway when it crossed the centerline and into the northbound lanes near Forest Drive, where it collided...

TACOMA, WA -- One person was hospitalized Monday evening after a Pierce Transit bus crashed through the yard of a residence in Tacoma's Lincoln International District, according to KOMO News. Tacoma firefighters responded to the scene near the intersection of South 37th Street and South Thompson Avenue bordering Lincoln Park. The crash was first...

RENTON, WA -- The Renton Police Department reported a collision between a vehicle and a bus at SW Sunset Boulevard and Oaksdale Ave SW on Thursday morning around 7:47 a.m. BE ADVISED: Vehicle vs. bus at SW Sunset Blvd and Oaksdale Ave SW. No injuries reported. Expect delays in the area. /clm — Renton...

ALDERWOOD, WA – Commuters began stacking up on Interstate 5 behind the scene of a bus-involved traffic accident in Alderwood on Monday morning. According to an alert from WSDOT, the accident happened in the northbound I-5 lanes near I-405 around 6:30 a.m. A bus appeared to be involved. The HOV lane and the adjacent...

LAKEWOOD, WA - KIRO 7 has reported additional details regarding the fatal car vs. bus crash that killed a woman in Lakewood last week. The 44-year-old woman had apparently been speeding when she collided with the back of a bus traveling south on I-5 near 96th Street at about 60 miles per hour. She...