Crash Protection

Yellow school buses provide crash protection to their occupants that is unequalled by any other vehicle type. Studies and research on crashes, simulated crashes, and the unique safety equipment required in school buses provide more detailed information on this unparalleled level of crash protection.

Occupant Protection

• NHTSA Report: Education on Proper Use of Seat Belts on School Buses

• NASDPTS Letter to NHTSA Administrator on 1/27/16 Meeting with States
  January 2016
• Statement on NHTSA Support for Lap/Shoulder Belts (11/9/15)
  November 2015
• Position Paper: The Equipping and Use of Passenger Lap/Shoulder Belts in School Buses
  February 2014
• Enhancing School Bus and Pupil Transportation Safety
  August 2002
• Passenger Crash Protection in School Buses
  updated January 1999
• Comments to NHTSA Roundtable July 11, 2007
  updated July 2007
  
  

School Bus Safety

• Rear Underride Crashes and School Buses