Traffic Safety Facts 2006 Data: School Transportation-Related Crashes
Since 1996 there have been about 417,705 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those, 0.33% (1,387) were classified as school transportation-related. Since 1996, 1,536 people have died in school transportation-related crashes — an average of 140 fatalities per year. Most of the people who lost their lives in those crashes (72%) were occupants of other vehicles involved. Non occupants (pedestrians, bicyclists, etc.) accounted for 20% of the deaths, and occupants of school transportation vehicles accounted for 7%. Since 1996, 159 school-age pedestrians (younger than 19) have died in school transportation-related crashes. Over two-thirds (67%) were killed by school buses, 6% by vehicles functioning as school buses, and 28% by other vehicles involved in the crashes. One-half (50%) of all school-age pedestrians killed in school transportation-related crashes were between the ages of 5 and 7. Additional statistics on 1996-2006 school transportation-related crashes are provided in this traffic safety fact sheet.
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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Statistics and Analysis
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 4p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fatalities; Pedestrians; School buses; School children; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics); Vehicle occupants
- Uncontrolled Terms: School transportation
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01091273
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 813
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 9 2008 3:22PM