PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS

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PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS

• 2007 Regional Traffic Safety Planning Conference
• October 18, 2007

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WHY SAFE ROUTES AND SAFE RIDES TO SCHOOL ARE
IMPORTANT

• Charley Kennington
• Director, Transportation Services
• Region 4 Education Service Center

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SCHOOL BUSESARE THESAFEST FORMOFTRANSPORTATION
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FATALITIES OFPASSENGERS / STUDENTS

• NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
• NATIONAL STATISTICS
• 450,000 SCHOOL BUSES
• 4.3 BILLION MILES
• 23.5 MILLION STUDENTS DAILY
• 0.2 FATALITIES PER MILLION VEHICLES MILES

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FATALITIES OFPASSENGERS / STUDENTS

• TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
• TEXAS STATISTICS
• 35,356 SCHOOL BUSES
• 397.4 MILLION MILES
• 1.4 MILLION STUDENTS DAILY (HOME TO SCHOOL)
• 1 FATALITY ON A SCHOOL BUS IN 2000
• 23 FATALITIES ON A SCHOOL BUS IN 1989
• 2 FATALITIES ON A SCHOOL BUS IN 1988

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Texas Department of Public SafetyIllegal Passing
Survey

• One day Nov. 8,2006
• Total Illegal Passing 12,850
• 58 from front 38 from rear
• 53 two lane road
• 47 AM and 53 PM
• 63 were cars
• 11 passed on the right side
• 1,254 public school and charter school
• 763 schools or 60 responded

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THE RELATIVE RISKSOF SCHOOL TRAVELA NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVEAND GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY RISK
ASSESSMENT

• NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY
  OF SCIENCES
• JUNE 2002
• http//www7.nationalacademies.org/ocga/testimony/R
  elative_Risks_of_School_Travel.asp

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THE RELATIVE RISKSOF SCHOOL TRAVEL

• EACH YEAR 800 SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN
  MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES
• 20 OR 2 ARE SCHOOL RELATED
• 5 SCHOOL BUS PASSENGER (ALL TYPES OF ACCIDENTS
  INCLUDING FRONTAL COLLISIONS)
• 15 PEDESTRIANS
• 780 OR 98 ARE IN OTHER VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS,
  BICYCLIST, OR MOTORCYCLISTS (PRIVATE
  TRANSPORTATION)

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THE RELATIVE RISKSOF SCHOOL TRAVEL

• NRC STUDY 1991 TO 1999 (NINE YEAR PERIOD) AVERAGE
  EACH YEAR
• 5 SCHOOL BUS PASSENGERS (ALL TYPES OF ACCIDENTS
  INCLUDING FRONTAL COLLISIONS)
• 15 PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE SCHOOL BUSES
• 169 OCCUPANTS OF PASSENGER VEHICLES (ADULT
  DRIVER)
• 448 OCCUPANTS OF PASSENGER VEHICLES (TEENAGE
  DRIVER)
• 131 PEDESTRIANS
• 46 BICYCLISTS

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QUESTIONS

• Charley Kennington
• Director, School Transportation
• Region 4 Education Service Center
• 7145 West Tidwell Road
• Houston, TX 77092
• 832-768-2723
• ckennington_at_esc4.net
• www.theansweris4.net