Jury urges driver-facing cameras at end of OC Transpo bus crash inquest [Video]

The jury at the coroner’s inquest into the fatal 2019 OC Transpo bus crash has issued dozens of recommendations for preventing similar tragic accidents — everything from driver-facing cameras on all Ottawa buses to requiring more time for retraining drivers involved in on-duty collisions. 

The 60 prompts for change also cover Transitway speed limits and maintenance. 

The jury’s recommendations are not binding, but they do also include a call for government funding to make them a reality.

They were delivered on Thursday afternoon, the 19th day of an exhaustive deep dive into the events and fallout of Jan. 11, 2019.

On that afternoon, a packed OC Transpo double-decker slammed into a Transitway bus shelter at Westboro station. Three people — Judy Booth, Bruce Thomlinson and Anja Van Beek — died in the crash and many others were injured.