Bus Accidents/Incidents.

[P419 EJW]

Hello, everyone.

Here is the thread for bus accidents/incidents. It would be better to post in here rather than posting in the respected garages or making new topics. It can be a fire incident or a crash, etc.

So, I will start with one.

Here is a bus incident with a shooting.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-bus-door-shot-at-7270255

[trident4370]

Blimey It's all go for YW this week, one bus is burnt to a crisp and another is shot...

[Stuharris 6360]

One from London

http://news.sky.com/story/1286505/tour-bus-fire-on-london-flyover-causes-chaos

[JoNi]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27948541

shot taken from air as well

[Stuharris 6360]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27948541

shot taken from air as well

Just over a year since the last Golden Tours bus went up in smoke.

[Tony]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27948541

shot taken from air as well

Just over a year since the last Golden Tours bus went up in smoke.

Yes, Spot the difference
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22899082
(June 2013!)

[trident4370]

Going by the titles of the reports, one is a coach and one is a bus :P

[Stuharris 6360]

Interesting, a year apart, but it seems a very similar fire  ::) ::)

Surely it wouldn't take long for the LFB to get there, yet the bus is totally in flames? mmm  ::) ::)

[Cheese]

And another one from last week, a First Manchester Citaro in Oldham...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/park-road-oldham-bus-fire-7294418

And one from Ayr on the same day, a Stagecoach West Scotland ex Hong Kong Olympian...

http://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/threetowns/articles/2014/06/19/501958-school-bus-burnt-out-on-ardrossan-bypass/

[the trainbasher]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having! :-)

(Forgot to add smiley!)

[Tony]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having!

Good job buses don't operate in hot countries isn't it?

[andy]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having!

Except of course any Arriva fire victims. They would naturally be down to poor maintenance while everybody else's would be pure flooks.

Strangely enough, I can't recall their last one? I'm sure somebody will fill us in though.

[Tony]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having!

Except of course any Arriva fire victims. They would naturally be down to poor maintenance while everybody else's would be pure flooks.

Strangely enough, I can't recall their last one? I'm sure somebody will fill us in though.

Arriva Northeast have lost an Enviro 400 and one of those Temsa things, but that serves them right for buying those.

[lauren1993]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having!

No, if that was the case there would be no buses left in hot countries! Obviously the buses haven't been prepared properly for the hot weather!

[Liverpool Street]

Personally I think all of these recent fires have been due to the current heat spell we're having!

No, if that was the case there would be no buses left in hot countries! Obviously the buses haven't been prepared properly for the hot weather!

That's total bollocks. They leave the garage every morning with a full tank of Coolant, if a hydraulic pipe burst and the fluid hit directly onto the engine/gearbox block, then you'd expect fires. Just as likely to happen in the coolness of November then in the heat of June.

So tell me, how do you "prepare" a bus for hot weather? Drive with the engine door open? Hmm....