http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/14489634190446867828/notebooks/BDQQ4LAoQ9dD0mOwh/NDRnWSgoQjPXitO4h2006-11-14T13:12:18.828Z2006-11-14T13:21:35.298Z<div><font face="georgia" size="4"><strong>School Bus Statistics</strong></font></div> <div><br></div> <ul> <li><span><font face="georgia">Since 1990, 407,000 fatal traffic accidents have occurred in the United States. School bus-related accidents account for one-third of 1 percent of these deaths. <br><br></font></span></li> <li><span><font face="georgia">According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, More than 24 million children ride school buses to and from school each day in the United States, and school bus-related accidents send 17,000 children to emergency rooms each year.<br><br></font></span></li> <li> <div><span><font face="georgia">Nearly one-fourth of the accidents occur when children are boarding or leaving school buses, while crashes account for 42 percent of the injuries.<br><br></font></span></div></li> <li> <div><span><span><font face="georgia">On Average, more then 10 children a year die as a result of school bus-related accidents, with 40 percent of those deaths occurring between the hours of 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. <br><br></font></span></span></div></li> <li> <div><span><span><font size="2"><font face="georgia">Of the 1,479 total school bus accident fatalities occurring between 1991 and 2001, 68 percent were occupants of other vehicles involved.</font> </font></span></span><span><span><br></span></span></div></li></ul>CW team