Houston School Bus Accidents

Each and every day millions of families entrust school bus drivers to safely transport their children to and from school. According to the National Association of State Directors of Public Transportation Services, the annual school bus transportation statistics are:

• 450,000 public school buses
• 24 million students transported
• 4 billion miles traveled
• 10 billion student trips
• 20 billion times a student gets on or off

There are 36 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that apply to school buses in an attempt to limit the number of accidents. Some of these standards include:

FMVSS No. 220, "School Bus Rollover Protection," which specifies the minimum structural strength of buses in rollover-type accidents.

FMVSS No. 221, "School Bus Body Joint Strength," which specifies the minimum strength of the joints between panels that comprise the body of the bus and the body structure.

FMVSS No. 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection," which establishes requirements for school bus seating systems for all sizes of buses, and provides minimum performance requirements for securing wheelchairs and occupant restraint devices. It establishes a requirement that wheelchair locations be forward facing.

FMVSS No. 131, "School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices," which requires buses to be equipped with an automatic stop signal arm on the left side of the bus to help alert motorists that they should stop their vehicles because children are boarding or leaving a stopped school bus.

None-the-less, school bus accidents do occur. Any accident involving children can be life-altering and traumatic to the families involved.

If your child has suffered a serious injury as a result of a school bus accident, contact the Houston bus accident lawyers of the Wyly Law Firm. Wyly Law Firm represents clients in the greater Houston and surrounding areas. The attorneys at Wyly Law Firm are committed to helping their clients who are the victims of school bus accidents. Our attorneys pride themselves on the personal services and sensitivities they provide to clients.

As a personal injury firm, Wyly Law Firm attorneys understand the challenges facing personal injury victims. We have represented thousands of personal injury victims including school bus accident victims and we’re ready to help you.

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