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Number of public school buses: 450,000
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Number of miles traveled by school buses annually: 4.3
billion
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Number of children who ride school buses annually: 25
million
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Number of school-age children killed annually in motor
vehicle crashes during school travel hours: 800
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Percentage of those school-age deaths involving school
buses: 2 percent
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Number of children killed annually in crashes involving
school buses: 20
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Number of children injured annually during school travel
hours: 152,000
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Percentage of those injuries that involve school bus
accidents: 4 percent
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Percentage of the nation's 40,000 annual motor vehicle
deaths that are school-age children during school travel hours: 2 percent