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TP 2436 E
Leaflet CL9906E
December 1999
Introduction
This report provides a statistical summary of collisions involving school buses
over the 10-year period from 1988-1997. The report reviews the number of collisions
involving at least one school bus, the number of school buses involved in collisions, and
the resulting fatalities and personal injuries inside and outside the school bus.
Collision analysis also addresses ages of casualties; type and time of day of
collision; number of incidents by year and point of impact on the school bus; and the
vehicle manoeuvre that preceded the collision.
Summary Findings
Over the 10-year period, 1988 to 1997:
- A total of 29,488 school buses were involved in 29,193 collisions 177
fatal, 5,659 personal-injury and 23,357 property-damage collisions.
- School bus collisions have resulted in 204 fatalities and 10,480 injuries
an average of 20 fatalities and 1,048 injuries per year.
- Of the 204 total fatalities, eight were school bus occupants (less than 19 years
old) an average of one death per year. Five of these eight fatalities occurred
between 1989 to 1991; the remaining three occurred in 1994.
- The 5,836 casualty-producing collisions (i.e. fatal and injury-producing) involving at
least one school bus represent approximately 0.3 percent of the 1,734,244
casualty-producing collisions involving all vehicle types.
Tables and Detailed Findings
Data Source: Transport Canada, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate,
Traffic Accident Information Database (TRAID)
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Bus Collisions 1988-1997 (32 KB) in PDF format.
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