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Idaho: School Bus Accident Injuries
Taking a bus to school is the safest way to go, statistics show. Considering how many kids school buses carry and the distance they cover, deaths resulting from school bus accidents are extremely rare. School buses have an estimated rate of 0.2 deaths per 100 million miles traveled. In comparison, the rate of deaths in automobiles is eight times higher. But school bus accidents can and do happen. No matter how impressive the school bus safety statistics involving millions of kids and billions of miles are, it is tragic when a single child is injured in a Idaho school bus accident, especially when that harm was the result of negligent behavior and could have been prevented. The following statistics provide information about school bus accidents and the injuries and deaths that can result.
- School buses are the biggest type of mass transit in the United States. Over half a million school buses transport 24 million students to and from school, or school related activities, each school day.
- National school bus accident statistics define a school bus-related crash as those that directly or indirectly involve a school bus-type vehicle, a vehicle functioning as a school bus by transporting students to or from school or related activities.
- On average, 17,000 children are injured each year in school bus related accidents with an average of 20 deaths annually. These injuries happen most frequently when a school bus is involved in an accident with another vehicle or while children are boarding or disembarking from the bus.
- According to school bus accident statistics, 1,450 people have been killed in school bus related accidents since 1990. Of these fatal accident victims, 67 percent were the occupants of other vehicles involved in the school bus accident, 25 percent were pedestrians or bicyclists, and nine percent were passengers in school bus-type vehicles.
- In 2000, there were 9,000 bus accident injuries, including 16 fatalities.
- Data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from 2001-2003 shows that nearly one-fourth of school bus accidents accidents occur when children are boarding or leaving school buses, while crashes account for 42 percent of the injuries. On average, 40 percent of school bus accident deaths occur between the hours of 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The hour between seven and eight o'clock in the morning is also a time where children are most often the victim of Idaho school bus accidents.
These statistics reveal that while school buses are a relatively safe means of transportation, accidents do occur and can cause devastating injuries and death. If you or a loved one has been involved in a school bus accident as a bus passenger, pedestrian, or driver of another vehicle, it is important to speak to a Idaho school bus accident attorney as soon as possible in order to protect your legal rights.