NATIONAL COALITION OF SCHOOL BUS SAFETY NEWS 2007

School Transportation Safety Policy
Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention and Council on School Health
July 1, 2007

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This policy statement replaces the previous version published in 1996. It provides new information, studies, regulations, and recommendations related to the safe transportation of children to and from school and school-related activities. Pediatricians can play an important role at the patient/family, community, state, and national levels as child advocates and consultants to schools and early education programs about transportation safety.

INTRODUCTION
School transportation plays a consistent and long-term role in the lives of children from preschool through high school. Pediatricians can participate by serving as resources, educators, consultants, and advocates for school transportation safety at the local, state, and federal levels. This revised policy statement provides updated recommendations that can enhance community systems for addressing safe transportation for children to and from school and school-related activities.

Expectations for school transportation and school bus safety should be upheld in an ongoing commitment from communities and states to ensure that children travel to and from school safely. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) School Bus Safety Program is committed to reducing school bus crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Congress has indicated that school transportation should be held to the highest level of safety. In addressing school transportation, all modes of travel must be considered, and measures must be taken to promote safety for each mode.

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