An Australian Bus Safety Report shows that between 1990 and 1997 there were 300 fatalities and 2,479 hospitalisations resulting from bus crashes.

This report also states that "Most school-aged children (5 to 16 years) fatally injured or hospitalized in bus crashes were bus passengers." It is not difficult to see that these statistics would be reduced if buses were equipped with seatbelts.

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