Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2008, January 2010

Table 23. Fatal Crashes Involving Buses by Type of Bus, 1975-2008

Year	School	Cross-Country Intercity	Transit	Unknown	Other	Total
1975	130	29	128	18	19	323
1976	122	30	130	13	23	318
1977	126	33	123	14	25	321
1978	143	53	143	14	18	370
1979	150	37	120	21	16	344
1980	117	38	149	14	11	329
1981	109	48	150	20	13	340
1982	104	39	106	31	11	288
1983	99	41	105	39	22	305
1984	118	48	103	33	17	319
1985	126	29	116	33	33	337
1986	101	33	99	29	23	284
1987	132	29	115	46	31	353
1988	105	31	103	30	18	284
1989	109	32	120	25	25	309
1990	111	26	114	19	17	286
1991	106	39	86	25	16	271
1992	98	35	113	20	17	283
1993	112	28	82	20	20	262
1994	106	22	105	12	12	256
1995	109	23	101	23	15	271
1996	124	35	113	32	20	324
1997	116	36	109	15	19	295
1998	111	38	115	16	8	288
1999	137	35	106	19	17	313
2000	119	40	127	20	17	323
2001	117	38	103	16	15	289
2002	95	35	100	26	18	274
2003	111	26	104	29	18	288
2004	109	35	85	25	22	276
2005	110	37	83	34	14	278
2006	117	32	105	22	27	303
2007	109	35	113	15	8	280
2008	115	19	91	11	11	247

Notes: A bus is defined as a motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 passengers, not including the driver. For the data shown in Tables 23, 24, 25, and 26 of this report, FMCSA’s coding for three buses involved in crashes differs from the coding in FARS. Two buses that were coded in FARS as “other” buses and one bus coded as a “transit” bus were recoded by FMCSA as “intercity/cross country” buses. These recodings resulted in much higher number of “fatalities” and “occupant fatalities” for intercity/cross country buses.

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).