Safety - USA - Buses remain safest form of school travel
WASHINGTON, USA -CNN/AP -Aug 11, 2005: -- Every time Monroe Elementary students misbehave on a school bus, they get a written warning -- and a verbal one from the head of their school... The message to the kids: Bus safety is so vital that even the principal gets involved... In Masterson's School District of Janesville, as in other school systems nationwide, preventing disruptions on the bus is just part of a broad campaign to keep students safe. Background checks for drivers, expanded safety features on buses, training to help drivers communicate with children -- all of it is being done to lower the risks of accidents...
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY - Numbers:
Number of public school buses: 450,000
Number of miles traveled by school buses annually: 4.3 billion
Number of children who ride school buses annually: 25 million
Number of school-age children killed annually in motor vehicle crashes during school travel hours: 800
Percentage of those school-age deaths involving school buses: 2 percent
Number of children killed annually in crashes involving school buses: 20
Number of children injured annually during school travel hours: 152,000
Percentage of those injuries that involve school bus accidents: 4 percent
Percentage of the nation's 40,000 annual motor vehicle deaths that are school-age children during school travel hours: 2 percent
Sources: Transportation Research Board; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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