Traffic Safety Facts 2015-2024 Data: School-Transportation-Related Traffic Crashes

This edition of Traffic Safety Facts briefly summarizes data about school-transportation-related fatalities, crashes and injuries during the period 2015 to 2024. Key findings: From 2015 to 2024 there were 962 fatal school-transportation-related traffic crashes, and 1,069 people of all ages were killed —an average of 107 fatalities per year; most (70%) of the people killed were occupants of other vehicles, followed by pedestrians (15%), school vehicle occupants (11%), and other nonoccupants (4%); there were 119 occupants killed in school vehicles; 49 were drivers, and 70 were passengers; there were more fatalities among pedestrians (162) than school vehicle occupants (119); among all school bus occupants killed, 13 percent were 5 to 10 years old, and 67 percent were 19 and older; among all pedestrians killed, 26 percent were 5 to 10 years old, and 52 percent were 19 and older; of the 204 school-age children who died, 39 were school vehicle occupants, 78 were in other vehicles, 77 were pedestrians, 7 were pedalcyclists, and 3 were “other” nonoccupants; over half (55%) of the school-age pedestrians killed in school-transportation-related traffic crashes from 2015 to 2024 were 5 to 10 years old.