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Table 5. School Bus Fatalities by Most Harmful Event
 
School Bus Type
Event
Full-Sized
Van-Based
All
 
Total
Per Year
Total
Per Year
Total
Per Year
Vehicle in Transport
27
2.4
5
0.5
32
2.9
Overturn
1
0.1
0
1.1
13
1.2
Rail Train
13
1.2
0
0
13
1.2
Fell from vehicle
10
0.9
0
0
10
0.9
Tree
6
2.5
0
0
6
0.5
Utility Pole
6
0.5
0
06
12
0.5
Embarkment Unknown
1
0.1
0
0
1
0.1
Non collision
1
0.1
0
0
1
0.1
Pole
1
0.1
0
0
1
0.1
Total
66
17
83
Average/Year
(Total/11)
6.0
1.5
7.5

Full description: Passenger Fatalities in a School Bus; (Model Year 1977-2001) by Body Type and Most Harmful Event, Source: FARS 1999-2000

Table 5 distributes passenger fatalities that occured between 1977 through 2001 model year school buses, by harmful event. it further distributes these passenger fatalities by type of school bus vehicle. The FARS codes school buses in two categories, full-size and van-based.

NHTSA Next Generation Occupant Protection Study, p. 7
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