| SCHOOL BUS TRAVEL | OTHER MODES OF SCHOOL TRAVEL |
| Each school day, 25 million children are transported to and from school a distance of 23 million miles on 450,000 school buses. | Each school day, 25 million children use various other means to get to and from school each day. |
| Less than 10 school bus passenger fatalities occur each year. | 448 fatalities occur in passenger vehicles to or from school with a teenage driver.
169 fatalities occur in passenger vehicles to or from school with an adult driver. |
| Less than 17 pedestrian fatalities occur during school bus stops each year. | 177 pedestrian and bicycle rider fatalities occur to or from school. |
| Total = 27 fatalities per year. | Total = 794 fatalities per year. |
| When specifically compared as a mode of transportation to and from school, school buses are at least 8 times afer than all other combined modes. | |
