The fatality index of public transport (express bus) in Malaysia
Until now, there is no research or study being conducted to establish the fatality index of public transport in Malaysia especially for express buses. For now, we only know the total accidents in our data storage involving public transport in Malaysia. Hence, this study has been conducted to d...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7090/1/24p%20NURSITIHAZLIN%20AHMAD%20TERMIDA.pdf |
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| Summary: | Until now, there is no research or study being conducted to establish the fatality
index of public transport in Malaysia especially for express buses. For now, we only
know the total accidents in our data storage involving public transport in Malaysia.
Hence, this study has been conducted to develop the safety index of public transport
(express bus) in Malaysia. It is important to know the safety index of public
transport (express bus) in this country as compared to other developed countries
since express bus is one of the main modes for long distance transportation in
Malaysia. Besides, when the fatality index is obtained in this study, it could be used
as a guideline or reference to improve the safety level of public transport (express
bus) in Malaysia. The data analysis in this study is done using Mileage Deaths Rate
Method (MDR) and the measurement unit is in passenger kilometres travelled (PKT).
Thus, the fatality index is stated as per billion PKT which has been used by
Department for Transport of United Kingdom. In this study, the fatality index of
public transport (express buses) in Malaysia is 0.000009 per billion PKT as
compare d to the fatality index in the United Kingdom whic h is 0.4 per billion PKT
for the yea r 2005 . It shows that the us e o f express buse s in Malaysi a is muc h safer
than the United Kingdom. |
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