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The bus company involved in Tuesday’s crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed two people and left others injured had a pretty good safety record over the previous two years with no sign of widespread issues, according to a review of federal safety data by Kane In Your Corner.
The bus involved in the crash was operated by Megabus, which is a large company with a bunch of subsidiaries.
The subsidiary that covers this part of the country is Megabus Northeast, LLC -- and its safety record is pretty good.
Megabus Northeast has 88 buses and 120 drivers. Data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration offers two ways to judge a bus company's safety records – inspections and accident history.
There have been 42 inspections in the past two years, and only two buses were taken out of service - a failure rate of just 4.2%. To put it into better perspective, the national average is a failure rate of 21%.
In the past two years, the company had no previous fatal accidents and only two previous accidents with injury,