PRIVATE SCHOOL BUSES
TYPE I 659
MILEAGE
5,808,811
TYPE II 342
MILEAGE
3.669.023
TOTAL 1,001
9,477,834
CONTRACTOR SCHOOL BUSES TYPE I
3,812
MILEAGE
101,775,354
TYPE II 3.915
MILEAGE
70.576.262
TOTAL 7,727
172,351,616
NUMBER OF SCHOOL BUSES OPERATING IN CALIFORNIA
22,878
NUMBER OF MILES TRAVEL BY SCHOOL BUSES IN CALIFORNIA
364,653,725
PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT K-12
5,727,303
PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT K-12
615,011
NUMBER OF PUPILS TRANSPORTED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES
1,011,074
NUMBER OF PUPILS TRANSPORTED BY PUBLIC TRANSIT
(Est.) 1,500,000
NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
7,981
NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
4,323
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT Los Angeles Unified
(Enrollment) 667,305
SMALLEST SCHOOL DISTRICT Coffee Creek Elementary
(Enrollment) 7
COST FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION
$944.1M
COST PER PUPIL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION
$812.00
1996 TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS
(Nation)
11,200,000
1996 TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS
(California)
475,685
1996 TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES
(Nation)
38,200
1996 TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES
(California)
3,555
1996 FATALITY RATE PER 100/M MILES
(Nation)
1.76
1996 FATALITY RATE PER 100/M MILES
(California)
1.43
1997 FATALITY RATE PER 100/M MILES
(CA. School Buses)
0.016
1996 LICENSED DRIVERS
(Nation)
177,800,000
1996 LICENSED DRIVERS
(California)
20,278,100
1996 REGISTERED VEHICLES
(Nation)
209,100,000
1996 REGISTERED VEHICLES
(California)
22,931,314
CALIFORNIA SCH6OL BUS DRIVERS CERTIFIED
(7/97 TO 7/98)
7,880
There were no school pupil passenger or school pupil pedestrian fatalities in 1997.
The 1997 calendar year saw a decrease of 1.5% from 1996 in the total number of collisions per million miles traveled.
Improper turning continues to be the leading primary collision factor in school bus driver at fault school bus collisions (425 out of 2044 total S/B collisions). Unsafe backing and starting has dropped to fourth (187 out of 2044 total S/B collisions).
Pupil enrollment transported in school buses in California is 17.1%,
the national average is 54%.