| SCHOOL BUS TRAVEL |
OTHER MODES OF SCHOOL TRAVEL |
| Each school day, 25 million children are transported to and from school a distance of 23 million miles on 450,000 school buses. |
Each school day, 25 million children use various other means to get to and from school each day. |
| Less than 10 school bus passenger fatalities occur each year. |
448 fatalities occur in passenger vehicles to or from school with a teenage driver.
169 fatalities occur in passenger vehicles to or from school with an adult driver. |
| Less than 17 pedestrian fatalities occur during school bus stops each year. |
177 pedestrian and bicycle rider fatalities occur to or from school. |
| Total = 27 fatalities per year. |
Total = 794 fatalities per year. |
When specifically compared as a mode of transportation to and from school, school buses are at least 8 times afer than all other combined modes. |
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