This policy is a revision of the policy posted on May 1, 1996.

POLICY STATEMENT

PEDIATRICS Vol. 120 No. 1 July 2007, pp. 213-220 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1278)
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POLICY STATEMENT

School Transportation Safety

Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention and Council on School Health

This policy statement replaces the previous version published in 1996. It provides new information, studies, regulations, and recommendations related to the safe transportation of children to and from school and school-related activities. Pediatricians can play an important role at the patient/family, community, state, and national levels as child advocates and consultants to schools and early education programs about transportation safety.

Key Words: school transportation • school bus • travel on school bus • getting to and from school

Abbreviations: NHTSA—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration • NTSB—National Transportation Safety Board • FMVSSs—federal motor vehicle safety standards • AAP—American Academy of Pediatrics


The following policy statement has been revised:

School Transportation Safety
Committee on School Health and Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention
Pediatrics 1996 97: 754-757. [Abstract] [PDF]



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