TRAFFIC Fatalities

TRAFFIC Fatalities

To, from school

In the United States about half of students in kindergarten through grade 12 ride the bus to and from school.

School-bus riders

Average number of:

Bus passenger fatalities: 5.

Fatalities in danger zone outside bus: 15.

Other modes of transportation

Average number of:

Passenger fatalities with adult drivers: 169.

Passenger fatalities with teen drivers: 448.

Pedestrian fatalities: 131.

Bicyclist fatalities: 46.

Source: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis.