Thats a lot of damage for "50km/h".....also.....why did the driver cross the center line??
I didn't say that either vehicle was travelling at the limit - only that's what the limit is. The area of impact is pretty near the bottom of a shallow-ish valley, so both would have travelled downhill before the impact. The Viva buses, however, are frequently known to drive at the speed limit and not a km/h above it.
I suspect the truck was travelling far faster, however.
There is a centre turn lane, which makes it odd that the bus would have been anywhere near it (though could explain what the truck was doing - passing in the centre turn lane).
I typically balk at the small overlap test, but this does seem to be a collision where better front corner reinforcement may have made a difference in the chance of survival.
That's my point - and to aqua's, I'm not even referring to the standard - but small overlaps do happen and with some pretty gruesome outcomes.
I agree that almost anything vs bus will lose to the bus, but this wasn't a Mitsu Mirage we're talking about here, but an F-150. Not such a small beast. The structure completely collapsed.
IIHS did not do the small overlap for it, but otherwise found the F-150 Crew Cab to be a safe truck.