School Bus Safety

In 1970, the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a supplement to Pediatrics, reviewed the laws, regulations, and practices in school busing in the United States.¹ This survey was carried out by Physicians for Automotive Safety. The information available at that time (from 46 states) indicated that 14,709,000 students were being transported in a total of 203,994 vehicles.¹ Recent data now indicate that approximately 22 million pupils are transported daily to and from schools in the United States in nearly 400,000 school buses.²