2020-21 Bus Accident Report

State Totals for the 1089 Districts That Submitted Data
Number of Bus Accidents That Occurred During the School Year: 943

Types of School Buses Involved in Accidents

	District Owned	Contractor Owned	Chartered
School Bus	884	30	0
Multifunction School Activity Bus	14	0	0
School Activity Bus	14	2	0
Motor Bus	7	0	1
Total	919	32	1

School Buses Equipped With Seat Belts *

	Driver's Seat	All Passenger Seats	Some Passenger Seats
3-Point Lap/Shoulder Belts	1,183	421	28
Lap Belts Only	110	173	43
Total	1,293	594	71

* Some school districts reported more seat belt types than accidents.

School Buses Equipped With Seat Belts *

Number of Students Involved in Accidents	Number of Adults Involved in Accidents
5,380	328

School Bus Passengers and Drivers Injuries **

School Bus Passenger Injuries	Injuries	Fatal Injuries	Nonfatal Injuries	Serious Injuries	Minor Injuries
Students	118	1	0	1	115
Adults	20	0	0	2	18
Drivers	51	0	51	0	0
Total	189	1	51	3	133

One student sustained a fatal injuiry. For more detail click on the following link.

link to fatalities detail

** Number of total injuries may not match with number of fatal, serious, minor injuries reported due to missing information reported by the districts.

Injured Persons Wearing Seat Belts ***	Lap Belts Only	3-Point Lap/Shoulder Belts	Passenger Seats Not Equipped With Seat Belts	Injured Not Wearing Seat Belts
Students	2	17	112	93
Adult Passengers	6	13	5	6
Total	8	30	117	99

*** Some school districts reported seat belt types for buses not involved in accidents. Since this

section applies only to injury accidents, these data have been excluded from this analysis.

Pedestrian Injuries	Fatal	Nonfatal
4	0	3

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