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[+] school bus travel, cycling, pedestrians, child car seats and vehicles, and teen drivers. Newsday via Getty Images For many children and teens across the country, the back-to-school season is a time of fresh starts. It’s also a time to embrace the importance of safety.
From 2013 to 2022, more than 1,000 people died in school-transportation-related crashes – an average of 108 fatalities per year. Of those killed in the last decade, 198 were children aged 18 and younger, who rode in buses or cars, walked, biked, used personal devices like skateboards and scooters, and crossed roadways to get to and from school. “Tragedy can strike in a split second, so let’s all be extra cautious as children head back to school,” Sophie Shulman, deputy administrator of the U.
S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , said in a statement. The federal agency released the recent fatality figures in conjunction with its consumer advisory to urge everyone to drive safely and be alert as children head back to school.
It offers a series of safety tips to parents, students, drivers, guardians and others about school bus travel, cycling, pedestrians, child car seat and vehicle, and teen drivers. For example, drivers, the federal agency advised, should watch out for children and follow all traffic law.