Residents look at the wreckage of a passenger bus that crashed and burned, killing 41, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Jan. 29, 2023.after a speeding bus plunged into a ravine in a mountainous region of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday.
Pakistan is among the most dangerous places in the world to take a bus—but its problem of frequent, deadly bus accidents is shared among developing countries fromIn explaining the prevalence of severe bus accidents in the developing world, some researchers argue that the biggest problem lies with bus drivers’ behavior.
Inadequate vehicle maintenance and the lack of enforcement of safety protocol is another major cause of bus accidents, researchers have found. Aof major coach and bus accidents in China found that safety prevention measures were often not properly implemented—a result of lax government regulations and inadequate supervision within transport companies., mostly high school students aboard a bus, died after their bus swerved out of its lane while making a turn and crashed into other vehicles.
“There are so many anomalies in the accident that one wonders if it could’ve been prevented,” a public transport advocate told themeasures including “improving road conditions in non-urban areas, promoting walking infrastructure, reminders of high-risk situations for drivers, safety notes when improving bus service quality, and recording bus-related crashes.”TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.