School Bus Safety Issues Seat Belt s on School Buses School buses use a unique technology called compartmentalization—a passive occupant protection system to protect children in …

WASHINGTON (Nov. 3, 2022) — An investigation into a Decatur, Tennessee, crash between a school bus and a service utility truck that killed two—including a 7-year-old child—has led the …

Special Investigation Report School Bus Transportation Safety, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1, 2016, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 21, 2016 NTSB/SIR-18/02 nclusions, …

Back to school is upon us again. Soon, students will be waiting at the bus stop, getting dropped off, driving themselves, riding, or walking to school. This webinar is about how to do it safely.

Although school buses are extremely safe, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) continues to investigate school bus crashes in which fatalities and injuries occur. Improved …

Jul 25, 2019 · During our investigation, we identified safety issues with, among other things, the federal safety standards used in school bus manufacture, the flammability and toxicity of …

WASHINGTON (Oct. 28, 2025) – The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued urgent safety recommendations to the state of Texas, national school bus transportation …

School bus and motorcoach travel are two of the safest forms of transportation in the United States. Each year, on average, nine school bus passengers and four motorcoach passengers …

In both cases, the school bus operators were private for-hire motor carriers. Although the specific safety issues differed, the crashes shared one common factor: poor driver oversight by both …

Jul 1, 2025 · The school bus driver and the 16 student passengers on the school bus were not injured. The pickup truck driver failed to stop because, in the seconds before the crash, he …