Traffic Safety Facts 1998: School Buses

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Traffic Safety Facts 1998: School Buses

1999-01-01
By National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)

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National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
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Publication/ Report Number:

HS-808959
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NTL Classification:

NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation ; NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Pedestrians ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
Abstract:

A school bus-related crash is a crash which involves, either directly or indirectly, a school bus-type vehicle, or a vehicle functioning as a school bus, transporting children to or from school or school-related activities. Since 1988, 1,409 people have died in school bus-related crashes - an average of 128 fatalities per year. Most of the people who lost their lives in those crashes (64 percent) were occupants of other vehicles involved. Nonoccupants (pedestrians, bicyclists, etc.) accounted for 27 percent of the deaths, and school bus occupants accounted for 10 percent (drivers 2 percent, passengers 8 percent). Since 1988, 237 school-age pedestrians (less than 19 years old) have died in school bus-related crashes. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) were killed by school buses, 4 percent by vehicles functioning as school buses, and 32 percent by other vehicles involved in the crashes. Nearly half of all school-age pedestrians killed in school bus-related crashes were between the ages of 5 and 7. 1 Figure, 5 Tables.
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