Project Summary: Highway Investigation - 51 Docket Items - HWY15MH004

Description: A prison bus operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice departed from the highway and collided with a train. Ten bus occupants received fatal injuries.

Mode: Highway

NTSB Number: HWY15MH004

Date of Accident: 01/14/2015

City: Penwell

State/Region: TX

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation

Docket Information

Creation Date: 03/10/2016

Last Modified: 03/14/2016 12:33 PM

Public Release Date & Time: 03/14/2016 12:34 PM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 51
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Title
Pgs
Photo
Type
File
1 Accident Summary 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
2 Highway Group Chairmans' Factual Report 22 1 Adobe PDF file View
3 Penwell Highway Attachment 1, Interview Summaries 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Highway Attachment 2 DPS Accident Reports 26 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 Highway Photo 1, Westbound view of I-20, approximately 1000 feet east of the accident site 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Highway Photo 2, westbound view of I-20, approximately 500 feet from impact area 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
7 Highway Photo 3, eastbound view of I-20 on approach to eastbound bridge where numerous passenger vehicles lost contron the ice 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
8 Highway Photo 4, eastbound view of I-20 on the east side of the bridge where vehicles lost control on the ice and traveled across the median 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
9 Highway Photo 5, westbound view of impact area on I-20 showing pavement gouges and final guard rail position 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
10 Highway Photo 6, closer view of impact gouges 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
11 Highway Photo 7, view of damaged guard rail taken the day before the bus crash. Photo courtesy of TXDOT 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
12 Highway Photo 8, Additional view of the damage to the guard rail from impact on the day before the bus crash 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
13 Highway Photo 9, additional view showing post damage up to the transition area from impact on the day before the bus crash 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
14 Highway Photo 10, aerial view showing damage to both westbound guard rails and tracks and furrous through the median. Photo courtesy of TXDPS 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
15 Highway Photo 11, Closer aerial view of multiple furrows and tracks across the median. Photo courtesy of TXDPS 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
16 Highway Photo 12, View of Bus tire marks leading from median travel lane into the guard rail at the transition area 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
17 Human Performance Factual Report 13 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Human Performance Attachment 1 – 2015 Bluebird Driver's Cellular Telephone Records 16 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Human Performance Attachment 2 – Narratives and Transcripts of Investigative Interviews 87 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 Human Performance Attachment 3 – GPS and Stop Report 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 Human Performance Attachment 4 – 2015 Bluebird Driver CAMI Report 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 Human Performance Attachment 5 – State of Texas Driver's Record for 2015 Bluebird Driver 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
23 Human Performance Attachment 6 – National Driver Register Search Report 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 Human Performance Attachment 7 – Work-Issued Cellular Telephone Records 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 Human Performance Attachment 8 – USNO Sun/Moon Data 15 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 Human Performance Photo 1 - View of Crash Location Under Similar Lighting Conditions 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
27 Human Performance Photo 2 - View of Crash Location Under Similar Lighting Conditions, Showing Overhead Lighting 1 1 Adobe PDF file View
28 Human Performance Video 1 - Video of Crash Location Under Similar Lighting Conditions 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 Survival Factors Factual Report of Investigation 28 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 Survival Factors Attachment 1. Freedman Seating Company's Fax to TDCJ 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
31 Survival Factors Attachment 2. Texas Department of Public Safety Dispatch Log 18 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 Survival Factors Attachment 3. Odessa Fire Department Dispatch Log 15 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 Survival Factors Attachment 4. Odessa Fire Department Incident Reports 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 Survival Factors Attachment 5. Ector County Sherriff’s Office Radio Log 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Survival Factors Attachment 6. Odessa Fire Department MCI Standard Operating Guidelines 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Survival Factors Attachment 7. First Responder Interviews 148 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Survival Factors Attachment 8. Offender Interviews 53 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Survival Factors Attachment 9. Good Samaritan and Witness Interviews 63 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Survival Factors Photographs 6 6 Adobe PDF file View
40 Vehicle Factors Group Chairman’s Factual Report 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Vehicle Attachment 1 - Accident Bus Build Record and Technical Specifications 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Vehicle Attachment 2 - Center of Gravity Calculations for an Exemplar Blue Bird Vision Bus 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
43 Vehicle Attachment 3 - Accident Bus Purchase Order Summary 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
44 Vehicle Attachment 4 - Accident Bus Maintenance Records 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Vehicle Factors Group - NTSB Vehicle Photos 6 6 Adobe PDF file View
46 Vehicle Recorder Factual Report 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Railroad Operations Factual Report 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Locomotive Onboard Image Recorder - Specialist's Factual Report 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Weather Study 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Materials Laboratory Factual Report 15-020 30 0 Adobe PDF file View
51 Video Study 3 0 Adobe PDF file View