Citation

Baltes MR. Transp. Res. Rec. 1995; 1485: 97-104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A summary of a report that focused on the many issues related to the installation of safety restraints and various other feasible safety investment options for large school buses in Florida to make a safety investment option recommendation to the Florida legislature is presented. To accomplish this objective the existing literature was reviewed and evaluated to draw conclusions from the accumulated evidence. In addition, two supplemental analyses were performed: a safety investment cost-benefit analysis and a descriptive analysis of Florida school bus accident data. Based on the evidence gathered from the literature review and the results from the two supplemental analyses, it was concluded that the installation of safety restraints will not significantly improve the overall safety performance of large school buses in Florida. The potential benefit to be obtained from the installation and use of safety restraints, quantified by the annual fatalities and injuries prevented per annual dollar invested, was shown to be diminutive and thus not cost-effective. However, other feasible safety investment options were shown to be significantly more cost-effective in terms of their potential to prevent fatalities and injuries per annual dollar invested.

Keywords: School buses; Seatbelts

Language: en

Keywords

Accident prevention; Buses; Highway accidents; Laws and legislation; Cost effectiveness; Bus transportation; Highway administration; Automobile seat belts