·          Number of public school buses: 450,000

 

·          Number of miles traveled by school buses annually: 4.3 billion

 

·          Number of children who ride school buses annually: 25 million

 

·          Number of school-age children killed annually in motor vehicle crashes during school travel hours: 800

 

·          Percentage of those school-age deaths involving school buses: 2 percent

 

·          Number of children killed annually in crashes involving school buses: 20

 

·          Number of children injured annually during school travel hours: 152,000

 

·          Percentage of those injuries that involve school bus accidents: 4 percent

 

·          Percentage of the nation's 40,000 annual motor vehicle deaths that are school-age children during school travel hours: 2 percent

 

 

Sources: Transportation Research Board; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration