by Zygmunt Gorski | Jul 19, 2020 | News
Multiple bus fatalities have once again dominated Canada’s headlines yet we have learned nothing from any previous catastrophe. The latest tragedy reportedly occurred yesterday, July 18, 2020, on Highway 93 at the Columbia Icefield between Banff and Jasper...
by Mike Barry | Dec 19, 2019 | News
Those who understand road safety issues can focus the public’s attention to issues that may not be readily apparent. That was the case in the latest, multi-fatal, double-decker bus crash in Hong Kong yesterday that killed 6 passengers. It did not take long for...
by Mike Barry | Dec 5, 2019 | News
A bus crash near Smoky Lake Alberta this week brings back memories of the Humboldt Broncos crash. Looking at the two crash site photos (above) there is an eerie similarity with respect to the final rest positions of the vehicles. In the Smoky Lake case a smaller truck...
by Mike Barry | Aug 12, 2019 | News
Median barriers that are too low cause heavy vehicles to rollover and increase the severity of collision consequences. Such was the apparent case in a double-fatal collision that occurred on the eastbound Highway 401 at Dixie Road last evening, August 11, 2019....
by Mike Barry | Jun 3, 2019 | News
It was a considerable honour to work with Professor Ahmed Shalaby, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Manitoba, in preparing a co-authored brief that was presented to the House of Commons Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on the...