The present study concludes that the injury incidence rate in STS
is considerable (i.e. 10 per 100,000 trips). However, this is not due to
road traffic collisions, but to non-collision injury incidents involv
ing many elderly and frail passengers who easily sustain injuries
from minor to moderate traumas. Even though the proportion of
moderate and severe injuries was slightly higher when the vehicles
were moving, the study has pointed out that future injury mitigation
must also focus on preventive safety for boarding and alighting
procedures.