This traffic safety fact sheet contains statistics on 1992-2002 school transportation-related crashes in the USA. A school transportation-related crash is a crash which involves, either directly or indirectly, a school bus body vehicle, or a non-school bus functioning as a school bus, transporting children to or from school or school-related activities. Since 1992 there have been about 407,000 fatal traffic crashes. Of those, 0.33% (1,332) were classified as school transportation-related. Since 1992, 1,472 people have died in school transportation-related crashes, an average of 134 fatalities per year. Most of the people who lost their lives in those crashes (69%) were occupants of other vehicles involved. Nonoccupants (pedestrians, bicyclists, etc.) accounted for 23% of the deaths, and occupants of school transportation vehicles accounted for 8%. Since 1992, 202 school-age pedestrians (less than 19 years old) have died in school transportation-related crashes. Nearly two-thirds (63%) were killed by school buses, 5% by vehicles functioning as school buses, and 32% by other vehicles involved in the crashes. More than one-half (52%) of all school-age pedestrians killed in school transportation-related crashes were between the ages of 5 and 7.
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