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• NHTSA Releases School Transportation Safety Tips Amid Rising Bus Stop Fatalities

  August 27, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The NHTSA has released a number of safety guidelines to prevent child injuries and deaths due to school transportation accidents, which have risen significantly in recent years.

• Tragic School Bus Accident Highlights Need for Seatbelts, Other Safety Features: NTSB

  November 8, 2022

  Russell Maas

  Federal investigators say mandatory seatbelt laws for school buses could prevent numerous deaths and serious injuries to young children.

• NHTSA School Bus Safety Campaign Aims to Get More Drivers to Stop When Busses Are Off-loading Children

  October 14, 2022

  Russell Maas

  The NHTSA is launching a new campaign later this month to prevent drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses.

• School Bus Recall Impacts More Than 50K Vehicles With Defective Seat Backs

  October 22, 2019

  Russell Maas

  A school bus recall warns that styrene blocks used as protective measures in some buses without seat belts may not be enough to protect children from crashes.

• School Bus Stop Accidents Lead To Calls for Increased Safety Precautions

  November 5, 2018

  Russell Maas

  Following a rash of accidents where children were hit trying to board or exit school buses, officials are urging drivers not to be distracted and to heed school bus signals.

• Driverless School Bus Testing Shut Down By NHTSA as “Irresponsible” and “Inappropriate”

  October 25, 2018

  Russell Maas

  The NHTSA has ordered a Florida company to stop using a driverless bus to transport school children; a program the agency says it never approved.

• Traffic Safety Reminders Issued As Kids Head Back-to-School

  August 24, 2018

  Russell Maas

  Federal regulators have released safety tips for children beginning to commuteby bus, car, bike or by foot for the new school year.

• School Transportation Safety Tips Issued by NHTSA

  September 5, 2017

  Russell Maas

  As a new school year begins, the NHTSA is issuing safety tips for children commuting to school as well as their parents, whether they are walking, taking the bus, riding a bicycle, or even driving.

• School Bus Lawsuit Alleges Injuries Caused by Lack of Seat Belts

  March 30, 2012

  Staff Writers

  A personal injury lawsuit has been filed by the parents of three children who were involved in a fatal school...

• School Bus Accident Lawsuit Results in $1.6M Verdict

  August 4, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  A Florida jury awarded $1.625 million to the victim of a 2006 school bus accident, who was 16 years-old at...