Bus Accidents/Incidents.

[P419 EJW]

A Banga Solo is being towed away to somewhere, the bus looked like it had an engine fire because it has black burns at the back. Don't know the reg plate, it quickly passed my bus on Wolverhampton Road.

[Ronnoc]

A Banga Solo is being towed away to somewhere, the bus looked like it had an engine fire because it has black burns at the back. Don't know the reg plate, it quickly passed my bus on Wolverhampton Road.

Probably was an engine fire, these Solo's are a little prone to fires.

[Tony]

Probably was an engine fire, these Solo's are prone to fires.

Are they? Statistics? or guesswork?

[Kiewii]

A Banga Solo is being towed away to somewhere, the bus looked like it had an engine fire because it has black burns at the back. Don't know the reg plate, it quickly passed my bus on Wolverhampton Road.

Like this? https://www.flickr.com/photos/kiewii/8642198571/

[Ronnoc]

Are they? Statistics? or guesswork?

A lot of fires I have seen are Solo's.

[Tony]

A lot of fires I have seen are Solo's.

Name a solo you have actually seen on Fire, now name how many press reports of Solo fires you have seen? I can think of one recently, the Arriva The Shires one, now divide the number of solos in the country by the number of fires you can name and see what number you get

[Ronnoc]

Name a solo you have actually seen on Fire, now name how many press reports of Solo fires you have seen? I can think of one recently, the Arriva The Shires one, now divide the number of solos in the country by the number of fires you can name and see what number you get

I will send links.


http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Bus-Ninefields-Waltham-Abbey/story-25912905-detail/story.html
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?PHPSESSID=3nc4v628aln4jqae8mtam8khm3&topic=11847.msg123923#msg123923
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/video-passengers-evacuated-as-bus-bursts-into-flames-in-halifax-1-7203199
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/crews-called-to-bus-fire-1-7062428
Some of these are the ones I know.

[Tony]

I will send links.


http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Bus-Ninefields-Waltham-Abbey/story-25912905-detail/story.html
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?PHPSESSID=3nc4v628aln4jqae8mtam8khm3&topic=11847.msg123923#msg123923
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/video-passengers-evacuated-as-bus-bursts-into-flames-in-halifax-1-7203199
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/crews-called-to-bus-fire-1-7062428
Some of these are the ones I know.

Two of those are the same incident and that makes 2 this year, now divide by the number in service and see if they are common

[Ronnoc]

Two of those are the same incident and that makes 2 this year, now divide by the number in service and see if they are common

When I said prone I meant they catch fire often because a lot of news stories I see are Solo's but they are definitely not as prone as Tridents, everyone knows how prone they are.

[Trident 4609]

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/05/28/passengers-evacuated-after-wolverhampton-bus-blaze/

[CL]

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/05/28/passengers-evacuated-after-wolverhampton-bus-blaze/

"yellow and blue bus" lol

In other news: http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/29/100-people-help-lift-bus-off-trapped-unicycle-rider-in-london-5220530/?ito=facebook

Whilst very unusual, and frankly, wild, it was a great act of humanity - props to those who helped, and I hope the unicyclist recovered well.

[Other Walsall Tony]

"yellow and blue bus" lol

In other news: http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/29/100-people-help-lift-bus-off-trapped-unicycle-rider-in-london-5220530/?ito=facebook

Whilst very unusual, and frankly, wild, it was a great act of humanity - props to those who helped, and I hope the unicyclist recovered well.

Are buses still required to carry a jack for use in situations like this?

[the trainbasher]

Are buses still required to carry a jack for use in situations like this?

Only when Blakey is around

[Trident 4609]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102358/Amazing-moment-100-people-lift-double-decker-bus-trapped-unicyclist-collision-east-London.html


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/29/two-people-hit-bus-glasgow

[Mike K]

A hybrid suffered rear end damage after another vehicle collided with it and then made off. This happened on Harborne High street. I didn't note the fleet number.

Looks like this was 5516 as it has a new bonnet minus its recently acquired name and the branding advert. 5516 has also been missing the branding to the upper deck windscreen for quite a while so looks like it's had one or two mishaps.