School Bus
Collisions
CL 9906 E
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Table 3. School-Age
Casualties (Less Than 19 Years Old) by Time of Day, 1988-1997
Time of Day |
School Bus Occupants |
Pedestrians |
Total |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
12:00
- 6:59 a.m. |
0 |
20 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
7:00 - 7:59 a.m. |
4 |
237 |
2 |
21 |
6 |
258 |
8:00
- 8:59 a.m. |
2 |
1,061 |
7 |
81 |
9 |
1,142 |
9:00 - 9:59 a.m. |
0 |
179 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
184 |
10:00
- 10:59 a.m. |
0 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
11:00 - 11:59 a.m. |
0 |
123 |
3 |
35 |
3 |
158 |
12:00
- 12:59 p.m. |
0 |
168 |
3 |
28 |
3 |
196 |
1:00 - 1:59 p.m. |
0 |
42 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
50 |
2:00
- 2:59 p.m. |
0 |
114 |
1 |
19 |
1 |
133 |
3:00 - 3:59 p.m. |
1 |
712 |
12 |
147 |
13 |
859 |
4:00
- 4:59 p.m. |
0 |
351 |
8 |
79 |
8 |
430 |
5:00 - 11:59 p.m. |
1 |
88 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
104 |
Unknown |
0 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
16 |
Total |
8 |
3,117 |
37 |
450 |
45 |
3,567 |
Table 3 presents the number of school-age (less than 19 years old) occupant and
pedestrian fatalities and injuries by time of day. An average of five school-age children
died in school bus collisions each year and 357 were injured. Of the fatalities, an
average of one per year was a school bus occupant and four were pedestrians. Of the
injuries, an average of 312 were school bus occupants and 45 were pedestrians.
More school-age pedestrian fatalities and injuries occurred in the afternoon
than in the morning, with approximately one-third of the casualties occurring in
collisions between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Seventy-five percent of school-age
occupant fatalities occurred between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on the journey to school.
Almost 42 percent of school-age occupant injuries occurred between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
followed by 34 percent of occupant injuries occurring between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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