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When it comes to school bus safety, many people wonder why don\u2019t school buses have seat belts and if children are safe without them. Learn the facts here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why Don’t School Buses Have Seat Belts<\/span>? Everything You Need to Know<\/span><\/h1>\n

Did you know that more than half of the nation’s almost 50 million K-12 students use a school bus to get to and from school each day? This greatly contrasts the pattern a few decades ago when active commuting was the norm. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, in 1969, 48% of students between five and 14 years old walked or rode their bicycles to school. By 2009, that number was down to 13%. And as of 2016, 10% or fewer students walked or cycled to school on average.<\/span><\/p>\n

With such a significant number of children depending on school buses back and forth to school safely, many people wonder why there are no seat belts on any <\/span>school bus. Without seat<\/span> belts, are children safer or in more danger?<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, we will look at some facts and statistics to answer the question, \u201c<\/span>w<\/span>hy are there no seat belts on school buses<\/span>?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Are School Buses Safe? <\/span><\/h2>\n

School buses are considered to be the safest form of ground transportation. In fact, between 2007 to 2016, there were 320,874 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes, and only 1,147(0.4%) of those crashes were classified as school-transportation-related. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of those 1,147 school-transportation-related crashes, 281 school-age children were killed: 58 of them were occupants of school transportation vehicles, while 116 were occupants of other vehicles. The other 107 were non-occupants such as pedestrians and pedal cyclists. This shows that school buses are significantly safer transporting school-going children than other vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because they carry young children who require more safety measures and stability, school buses are the most regulated vehicles on the road. These regulations make students about <\/span>70 times more likely to get to school safely<\/a><\/strong><\/span> when taking a bus instead of traveling by car.<\/span><\/p>\n

So <\/span>why aren\u2019t there seatbelts on buses<\/span> if they\u2019re highly regulated?<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from the seat belt issue, school buses have other features that make them relatively safer:<\/span><\/p>\n