"過度擁擠和駕駛不當導致巴士事故"

一連串致命的巴士事故讓許多人要求提高安全標準。

甘肅省負責一起嚴重巴士事故的政府調查人員表示，過度擁擠和駕駛不當是這起意外背後的原因。週日晚間，一輛巴士墜谷後起火燃燒，共造成十八人死亡，還有三十二人送醫接受治療。這輛可搭載四十七名乘客的車輛上共有五十四人，但在巴士一千公里的路程中，並未遭到保安攔阻。

車上大部分乘客是外地來的農民和其家人，正要返鄉過春節。中國農曆新年帶來的年度人類遷移規模獨冠全球，預計今年有34.1億人踏上返鄉之路。目前已發生數起交通意外，導致許多人敦促官員應執行安全準則。

中國的移工常利用無照車輛來作長途旅行，在甘肅省事故中受傷的其中一名乘客，提到這類車輛產生的問題。他表示：「這輛巴士在長途旅行途中，並未接受任何安全檢驗。」即便「巴士曾行經高速路段」。

(Local) Bus Crash Caused by Overcrowding and Bad Driving

A series of fatal bus crashes has caused many to call for better safety standards.

Government investigators looking into a fatal bus crash in Gansu Province said that overcrowding and bad driving were behind the accident. As of Sunday night, 18 people had died and another 32 were receiving medical attention after the bus fell into a ravine and caught fire. There were 54 people on the 47 passenger vehicle, but it had not been stopped by safety officials on its 1,000-kilometer journey.

Most of the people on the bus were migrant farmers and their families traveling home for Spring Festival. In China, the Lunar New Year prompts the biggest annual human migration anywhere on the planet, and 3.41 billion trips are expected to be made this year. Several road accidents have already taken place, leading many people to urge officials to enforce safety standards.

The countrys migrant workers often use unlicensed vehicles for trips across the country, and one of the passengers injured in the Gansu crash spoke of the problems that such transportation create. The bus did not receive any safety inspections on the long trip, he said, even though it had run on some expressway sections.

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