The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is the Federal government agency responsible for assuring the safety of vehicles traveling the public roadways. NHTSA performs this responsibility, in part, by monitoring the performance of safety recall campaigns conducted by manufacturers to remedy a safety defect or noncompliance condition. The prompt remedy of school buses involved in safety recall campaigns is of special concern to the agency because the student occupants of a school bus could be subject to multiple injuries or even loss of life if a recalled safety defect or noncompliance condition is not corrected in a timely manner.

	School Bus Recalls: January 1998 through July 2006
	School Bus Recalls: January 1990 through April 1995
	Child Safety Seat Recalls: January 1990 through Dec. 13, 2006
	School Bus Handrail Recalls: Through 1998

In order to respond to heightened public concern regarding the safety of students riding school buses, the agency initiated the "School Bus Safety Assurance Program" in May 1995. The main purpose of this program is to inform State Transportation Inspection Program Directors, State Pupil Transportation Directors, interested association groups, school district personnel, nonpublic school bus owners, parents, and members of the general public of the current safety recalls involving school buses.

Each recall entry gives the following information: (a) the corporate name of the recalling manufacturer(s); (b) the phone number of the recalling manufacturer(s); (c) the production dates of the school buses being recalled; (d) the school bus model(s) being recalled; (e) the number of school buses being recalled; (f) the NHTSA assigned recall number; (g) the manufacturer assigned recall number if different from the NHTSA assigned recall number; and (h) a brief description of the safety recall campaign.

School buses remain one of the safest forms of transportation in the United States. The success of the School Bus Safety Assurance Program is dependent on the willingness of each of us concerned with the transportation of children to review the enclosed recall listing and make every effort to ensure that buses within our purview are corrected as soon as possible.

If you have any questions concerning the School Bus Safety Assurance Program, contact either Ms. Kelly Schuler or Mr. Jon White at (202) 366-5227 or by facsimile at (202) 366-7882. Copies of this publication are also available on NHTSA's web site. If you have any questions concerning a specific recall campaign, please call the involved manufacturer at the phone number given in the recall listing or call NHTSA's Auto Safety Hotline Dash-2-DOT at (888) 327-4236.  Click here to learn more about NHTSA's Auto Safety Hotline.

Read a position paper by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Service about safety recalls of school buses.