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Table 25. Fatalities in Bus Crashes by Type of Bus, 1975-2008

Year

School

Cross-Country Intercity

Transit

Unknown

Other

Total

1975

138

35

135

20

21

348

1976

147

35

133

49

26

390

1977

143

42

126

16

27

354

1978

163

63

153

14

20

412

1979

160

46

130

21

19

376

1980

136

66

156

17

15

390

1981

120

65

165

26

17

393

1982

106

45

122

39

12

323

1983

126

49

110

57

25

366

1984

144

55

110

46

19

374

1985

153

40

129

42

34

398

1986

110

37

103

57

31

337

1987

149

54

120

51

35

409

1988

142

37

113

34

18

341

1989

145

43

123

28

30

366

1990

128

39

125

25

24

340

1991

120

46

  91

31

18

304

1992

105

45

121

22

23

316

1993

119

35

  87

22

23

286

1994

116

25

116

14

16

286

1995

123

30

111

30

17

311

1996

144

43

123

34

23

367

1997

131

46

123

17

22

339

1998

118

50

127

25

  9

329

1999

153

66

110

21

25

373

2000

133

48

134

20

22

357

2001

130

46

117

22

16

331

2002

110

54

112

33

22

331

2003

120

36

116

40

25

337

2004

116

57

  86

32

24

315

2005

120

70

  92

41

17

340

2006

138

39

106

23

31

337

2007

130

51

117

18

  9

325

2008

128

52

101

25

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307

Notes: A bus is defined as a motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 passengers, not including the driver. For the data shown in Tables 23, 24, 25, and 26 of this report, FMCSA’s coding for three buses involved in crashes differs from the coding in FARS. Two buses that were coded in FARS as “other” buses and one bus coded as a “transit” bus were recoded by FMCSA as “intercity/cross country” buses. These recodings resulted in much higher number of “fatalities” and “occupant fatalities” for intercity/cross country buses.

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

 

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