|
|
Table
3. School Bus Crashes and Injuries
|
|
Year
|
Injured Passengers
|
Injured Drivers
|
|
Year
|
Crashes
|
A
Injuries
|
B&C
Injuries
|
A
Injuries
|
B&C
Injuries
|
|
1990
|
25,424
|
821
|
16,614
|
14
|
1,979
|
|
1991
|
22,866
|
375
|
5,460
|
4
|
1,010
|
|
1992
|
21,436
|
5,881
|
4,175
|
270
|
1,320
|
|
1993
|
27,042
|
825
|
4,387
|
152
|
1,480
|
|
1994
|
23,802
|
126
|
7,163
|
135
|
1,145
|
|
1995
|
28,805
|
78
|
6,813
|
12
|
2,034
|
|
1996
|
26,699
|
132
|
6,058
|
105
|
1,137
|
|
1997
|
28,099
|
824
|
8,691
|
199
|
1,522
|
|
1998
|
27,371
|
675
|
3,862
|
52
|
1,569
|
|
1999
|
29,756
|
132
|
8,300
|
8
|
1,345
|
|
2000
|
28,065
|
359
|
7,230
|
474
|
1,039
|
|
Total
|
289,365
|
10,228
|
78,753
|
1,426
|
15,630
|
|
Average/Year
(Total/11)
|
26,306
|
0.4
|
1.4
|
1.7
|
2.3
|
| Full
description: Occupant Fatalities in School Buses; (Model Year 1997-2001);
By Person Type. Source: FARS 1999-2000 |
|
Table 3 presents
the estimated number of crashes and injuries for drivers and passengers
in school buses, from NASS-GES. On average, over the past 11 years,
school buses have been involved in over 26,000 crashes, resulting
in slightly less than 1,000 incapacitating injuries and slightly
more than 7,000 non-incapacitating evident injuries and possible
injuries to passengers. Drivers sustain considerably fewer injuries.
NHTSA
Next Generation Occupant Protection Study, p. 6
|
|
