ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

At the request of the New York State School Bus Operators Association, the Division of Research and Development undertook a study of the driving records of school bus drivers. The purpose of the study was to determine if there exists a relationship between driver age and officially recorded accidents on the driving records of school bus drivers. A systematically selected sample of driver records was examined. As a result of this examination, we concluded that, in general, school bus drivers under thirty years of age and over sixty-five years of age have a disproportionately large number of accidents, compared to school bus drivers in the intervening age groups.

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
  Albany, NY  United States  12228
• Publication Date: 1979-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash rates; Driver records; Drivers; School bus drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452426
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Res Rpt., HS-039 295
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM