Volvo FM towed dump trailer and lost control on skid road and hit bus.
One young lady in bus was not seriously injured. Bus driver is OK, trucker is Ok too, but cab is ruined. Bus is really tought for so dangerouse accident.
Ok. some scare photos.
I'm really surprized no one was killed ore seriously injured.
And as we can see sometimes cabs considered safe are not so tought as we use to think.
Unique truck accident
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Pablo-UA, Sep 14, 2011.
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Looks like it happened in Russia. Doesn't surprise me the way they drive in Russia.
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It hapenned in Mariupol, Ukraine. this cab is concidered good on frontal crash, roll over crash, but how was it possible to cut roof out with small bus? Bus body is made of steel bars and plastic panels and it is really tought, but its weight is about 5 000 kg only.... seems to me this cab passed Swedish cab test but failed crazy bus test)) LOL
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it might have been involved in a previous head on and got repaired wrong thus causing it to "accordion" upon impact.
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some details of accident. Truck was speeding and could not stop or red in time and was hit with bus at 40 MPH. Young lady walked to door becouse her stop was soon (of course violation).
I'm really surprized that trucker's head was not "separated" with bus. How was it possible to ruin legendary Volvo cab? FM cab shares substructure and many other parts with VN cab. and as I know Volvo cab is concidered safe all over the world -
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Funny thing about a cabover. The driver is the first one on the scene of the crash. The bus definitely got the better end of that deal.
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why he use 3axle trailer behind 3axle tractor
this is pointless
since you have only 38t this just reduce payload
even for overloading that trailer is not good because of its weight transfer
when you have 27t(59500lbs) on trailer axles on drive axles you have only 16t (35300lbs)
for overloads you must have trailer for scandinavia they have good weight ratio between 5th wheel and axles
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