Table 2. School Bus
Occupant and Pedestrian Casualties by Age, 1988-1997
Age |
School Bus Occupants |
Pedestrians |
Total |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
24 |
4 |
0 |
39 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
48 |
5 |
1 |
133 |
7 |
43 |
8 |
176 |
6 |
0 |
141 |
8 |
64 |
8 |
205 |
7 |
0 |
232 |
6 |
52 |
6 |
284 |
8 |
1 |
214 |
3 |
38 |
4 |
252 |
9 |
1 |
260 |
1 |
36 |
2 |
296 |
10 |
1 |
282 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
310 |
11 |
2 |
314 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
328 |
12 |
1 |
322 |
2 |
27 |
3 |
349 |
13 |
0 |
342 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
385 |
14 |
0 |
235 |
1 |
26 |
1 |
261 |
15 |
0 |
199 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
221 |
16 |
0 |
165 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
181 |
17 |
1 |
144 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
153 |
18 |
0 |
65 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
76 |
19+ |
3 |
1,342 |
13 |
183 |
16 |
1,525 |
Unknown |
0 |
282 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
299 |
Total |
11 |
4,741 |
51 |
650 |
62 |
5,391 |
Table 2 presents 10-year totals of school bus occupant and pedestrian fatalities and
injuries by age. Most school bus occupant fatalities were between the ages of 8 and 12,
while the majority of occupants injured were between 5 and 17 years of age.
School-age casualties can be determined from the above table; however, Table 3
is the only one in this report that focuses solely on
school-age casualties (less than 19 years of age). The other tables include casualties of
all ages.
Over the 10-year period, eight school bus occupants less than 19 years old were fatally
injured – an average of one school bus occupant fatality per year. Of the school-age
occupant fatalities, five were fatally injured from 1989 to 1991 and three occupants
suffered fatal injuries in 1994.
From 1988 to 1997, 37 school-age pedestrians died in school bus collisions and 450 were
injured. More than 70 percent of all school-age pedestrian fatalities in school bus
collisions were between the ages of 4 and 7. Slightly more than half (52 percent) of all
school-age pedestrians injured were between the ages of 5 and 9.
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