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,