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 During "normal school transportation hours" in the 1997-1998 school year, 51 pedestrians ages 5 through 9 died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, 50 pedestrians ages 10 through 14, and 24 pedestrians ages 15 through 18.1 Over five percent of pedestrian fatalities among 5 through 18 year olds during "normal school transportation hours" are school bus related.1,2 Since 1988, 237 school-age pedestrians (less than 19 years old) have died in school bus-related crashes. Nearly half of all school-age pedestrians killed in school bus-related crashes were between the ages of 5 and 7.2 More school-age pedestrians are killed in the afternoon than the morning, with 41 percent of the fatalities occurring in crashes between 3:00 and 4:00 PM. School age-pedestrians (5 through 18 years old) injured in motor vehicle crashes accounted for 33 percent of the total pedestrians injured in motor vehicle crashes in 1998. In 1998, almost 10 percent of the traffic fatalities in the 5 through 18 age group were pedestrians. In 1998, 25 percent of all children between the ages of 5 and 9 years old who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians.
1 For this analysis of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, "normal school transportation hours" were defined as: Monday through Friday; 6:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:59 p.m.; September 1 through June 15 each school year. 2 Under federal definitions, any injury or fatality that occurs within the vicinity of a school bus is considered a "school bus-related crash," even in situations where the school bus had nothing to do with the injury or fatality |
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