The number of deaths from drunk drivers has fallen sharply, from more than 18,000 alcohol-related driving fatalities in 1988 to more than 10,000 in 2016, according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, The most notable change was the lowering of legal blood-alcohol levels, first on a state-by-state basis, then by 2004, a 0.08 blood-alcohol limit was adopted in all 50 states, according to MADD. It “spurred legislation, education, and awareness.” The biggest impact though came from "all of the attention that was paid to alcohol-impaired driving,” he said.
School buses now have better-protected fuel tanks many more exits including emergency exits and windows that double as exits less flammable seat materials and wider aisles, Karol from the NTSB said. The bus was filled to capacity, Karol said, with 66 passengers and a driver, and because the front exit was inaccessible due to the crash, all 67 adults and children were trying to get out of the one rear exit.Īfter the Carrollton crash, bus safety standards were heightened and anti-drunk driving initiatives progressed. The fuel tank that is right behind that area got punctured," Karol said. The truck "hit the bus in the right front, and it was enough to basically damage the suspension, and the whole front end of the bus got pushed rearward. It was just unimaginable.”ĭon Karol, a senior highway accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told ABC News that he believes that no one died as a direct result of the collision, but rather from the fire and smoke inhalation in the aftermath.
“The fire was so fast, and it was so hot that Chuck actually burned to death. He was an adult, he had a wallet,” she said. “I couldn’t figure out why he would be missing. The truck was going the wrong way on an interstate highway in Kentucky and crashed into a school bus.
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