School Bus Safety
Crashes Involving School Buses in Kansas (2015-2024)
National Statistics:
From 2015 to 2024 there were 962 fatal school-transportation-related traffic crashes in the United States, and 1,069 people of all ages were killed in those crashes—an average of 107 fatalities per year.
Most (70%) of the people killed in school-transportation-related traffic crashes were occupants of other vehicles, followed by pedestrians (15%), occupants of school transportation vehicles (11%), and other nonoccupants (4%) from 2015 to 2024.
From 2015 to 2024 in school-transportation-related traffic crashes, there were 119 occupants killed in school transportation vehicles; 49 were drivers, and 70 were passengers.
There were more fatalities among pedestrians (162) than occupants of school transportation vehicles (119) in school-transportation-related traffic crashes from 2015 to 2024.
From 2015 to 2024 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 in school-transportation-related traffic crashes, 26 percent were 5 to 10 years old, and 52 percent were 19 and older.