School bus transportation is the safest method of transportation for students to and from school. Here are just a few facts provided by schoolbusfacts.com.

FACT: School buses are designed to be safer than passenger vehicles in avoiding crashes and preventing injury.

Today’s school buses are tougher and more diligently maintained than ever before. School bus drivers receive special training in safety, security and medical procedures; undergo regular drug and alcohol testing; and receive regular driving record checks. School bus traffic laws designed to protect students are strictly enforced.

FACT: School buses are the safest mode of transportation for getting children back and forth to school.

Students are about 50 times more likely to arrive at school alive if they take the bus than if they drive themselves or ride with friends. Students are much safer riding the bus than being driven by a parent, and are about 20 times more likely to arrive to school alive if they take the bus than if a parent drives them.