TÜV SÜD: Need for further efforts to improve bus and coach safety

Meticulous care and maintenance is still a priority need for bus and coach companies and drivers in order to improve safety levels in their vehicles. This conclusion was announced by TÜV SÜD today on the occasion of the publication of "Bus Report 2011" by the Association of Technical Inspection Agencies (VdTÜV) in Berlin. Although over half of the 50,000 roadworthiness tests which formed the basis of the report's evaluations showed no faults, the statistics on light systems, brakes and corrosion indicate that a need for action still remains. Wolfgang Eichler, Member of the Management Board of TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH, underlined that although buses and coaches perform significantly better than cars in vehicle inspections, with only 13.8 per cent showing major faults, their key role in passenger transport means that plentiful efforts must be made in collaboration with bus and coach operators to produce improvements.

Around 50,000 roadworthiness inspections of buses and coaches form the basis for the "Bus-Report", now published for the second time by Verband der TÜV e.V. (VdTÜV), the Association of German TÜV organizations. The 30-page report was presented at a press conference in Berlin this Wednesday. TÜV SÜD played a major role in producing the report and provided around 40 per cent of the underlying basic data.

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