you download your copy of the FARS database, school buses are so overwhelmingly safer that even if you remove half of the passenger motor vehicle and pedestrian fatalities and injuries, school buses are still, by far, the safest mode of transportation to and from school. Te FARS database contains the most recent 10-year history
of fatality-related accidents. It contains three different reports — summary, detail and ranking — that can be displayed for a national overview, by state or by county. If there have not been any fatality-related accidents during school transportation hours during this 10-year period in a county, it will not be listed. You will find this searchable database easy to use and hopefully very useful. Currently, the database is not available for Mac users. FARS 9.1, the 2009 version, incorporates crash statistics for the
2007-2008 school year. As you explore the statistics within the 2007-2008 school year, you will notice in some instances a drastic drop in numbers compared to previous years. Tis can only be explained by the economic downturn that, according to experts, began much earlier but was officially recognized in late 2007. In short, people are driving less, resulting in fewer fatal accidents in passenger motor vehicles and for pedestrians. Are more stu- dents riding school buses? You can answer that question based on what is occurring in your locale. Visit
www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/
STUDENT FATALITIES, 2007-2008* School Bus Passengers = 6 Passengers in Other Motor Vehicles = 368 Student Pedestrians = 62 *Extrapolated from the NHTSA FatalityAnalysis Reporting System
Main/
index.aspx and compare the overall data from the FARS Encyclopedia to that of the data depicted during normal school transportation hours within FARS 9.1. Just like sports statistics help you stay on top of your game,
download your copy of the FARS database by going to the CASTO Web site,
www.castoways.org, and click on the “Crash Statistics” button on the right side of the home page to stay ahead of your competition. n
Doug Snyder is a past president of CASTO and is currently the school bus sales administrator for BUSWEST, the Tomas Built Buses dealer for California and Hawaii. For more on this year’s FARS school bus report, visit
www.stnonline.com/go/409.
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