School Bus Safety
- All
- News
- Videos
-
"Why Was School Open On Eid?" Questions Arise After 6 Students Die In Crash
A devastating accident in Haryana's Mahendragarh involving a school bus that killed six students on their way to school this morning raised questions about the safety of the buses and a debate over who should be held responsible.
-
8-Year-Old Student Dies, 11 Injured As School Bus Falls Into Canal In UP
An eight-year-old student was killed and 11 others were injured after a school bus they were travelling in fell into a canal here on Wednesday, police said.
-
500 Booked For Carrying Extra Students In School Vehicles In Hyderabad
Police have launched a special drive to ensure the safety of school children in Hyderabad. They registered as many as 521 cases against owners and drivers of the vehicles allegedly for ferrying extra school children (more than the capacity of the vehicle) in the last two days.
-
Government To Draft New Policies For Safer Transportation Of School Children
The Institute Of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) held a two-day conference to draft a policy for the safety of children while they are being driven to school. The conference was held in association with the School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi where all the stakeholders gathered to discuss the rol...
-
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Concludes Road Safety Program For Children
The program covers crucial topics such as causes of road accidents, how to respond during emergencies, road etiquettes, maintenance of vehicles, safety rules to be followed in public transports and school bus, the importance of traffic rules and consequences of their violation and, the need to abide by the minimum age of driving. The awareness and ...
-
Himachal Pradesh Bans School Buses, Vans Older Than 15 Years
Himachal Pradesh has banned plying of school vehicles older than 15 years and fixed the age of drivers to 60 to ensure the safety of students, an official said today.
-
Watch: Dramatic Rescue Of Schoolchildren From Submerged Bus In Rajasthan
Some 50 students were pulled to safety in a dramatic rescue after their school bus was almost completely submerged in a flooded underpass in Rajasthan's Dausa.
-
Enact School Safety Rules Like Those In Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker To Madhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, in a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has suggested to the state government to enact safety norms regarding schools on the lines of the ones in Delhi
-
Maneka Gandhi Pitches For Women Drivers In School Buses
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi today suggested appointing women as drivers in school buses and in the non-teaching staff as part of efforts to ensure safety of children.
-
More Women Employees, Bus Drivers Will Increase School Safety: Prakash Javadekar
A greater presence of women -- employees and bus drivers -- in schools can help address the issue of safety on campus, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, days after a 7-year-old Gurgaon student was killed in a washroom.
-
A UP School Ignored Orders To Remain Closed. 13 Students Died En Route
At least 13 children were killed and two dozen more injured when a school bus collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh this morning. The crash in Etah, nearly 300 kilometres from the state capital of Lucknow, took place as the children, between the ages of 3 and 12, were headed to school. The driver of the bus also died in the crash, the latest d...
-
US School Bus Driver Charged in Deadly Crash That Killed 5 Students
Calling the Monday afternoon crash "every public safety professional's worst nightmare," Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told an overnight news conference that 24-year-old bus driver Johnthony Walker was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide.
-
School Bus Stuck On Flooded Road, Delhi Police Take 70 Students To Safety
A PCR team on Thursday rescued 70 children and two women teachers from a school bus stranded in the waterlogged road at Pul Prahladpur underpass in south Delhi, averting a dangerous situation.
-
Toddler dies after being left in a school bus in Thailand
A three-year-old boy has died after being left inside a private school bus for several hours in sweltering heat, Thai police said on Wednesday, the second such death of a toddler in recent weeks.
-
Delhi government issues stricter guidelines for plying school buses
Delhi government today issued fresh guidelines on plying of school buses, introducing stricter measures for ensuring safety of students.
-
"Why Was School Open On Eid?" Questions Arise After 6 Students Die In Crash
A devastating accident in Haryana's Mahendragarh involving a school bus that killed six students on their way to school this morning raised questions about the safety of the buses and a debate over who should be held responsible.
-
8-Year-Old Student Dies, 11 Injured As School Bus Falls Into Canal In UP
An eight-year-old student was killed and 11 others were injured after a school bus they were travelling in fell into a canal here on Wednesday, police said.
-
500 Booked For Carrying Extra Students In School Vehicles In Hyderabad
Police have launched a special drive to ensure the safety of school children in Hyderabad. They registered as many as 521 cases against owners and drivers of the vehicles allegedly for ferrying extra school children (more than the capacity of the vehicle) in the last two days.
-
Government To Draft New Policies For Safer Transportation Of School Children
The Institute Of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) held a two-day conference to draft a policy for the safety of children while they are being driven to school. The conference was held in association with the School of Planning & Architecture, Delhi where all the stakeholders gathered to discuss the rol...
-
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Concludes Road Safety Program For Children
The program covers crucial topics such as causes of road accidents, how to respond during emergencies, road etiquettes, maintenance of vehicles, safety rules to be followed in public transports and school bus, the importance of traffic rules and consequences of their violation and, the need to abide by the minimum age of driving. The awareness and ...
-
Himachal Pradesh Bans School Buses, Vans Older Than 15 Years
Himachal Pradesh has banned plying of school vehicles older than 15 years and fixed the age of drivers to 60 to ensure the safety of students, an official said today.
-
Watch: Dramatic Rescue Of Schoolchildren From Submerged Bus In Rajasthan
Some 50 students were pulled to safety in a dramatic rescue after their school bus was almost completely submerged in a flooded underpass in Rajasthan's Dausa.
-
Enact School Safety Rules Like Those In Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker To Madhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, in a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has suggested to the state government to enact safety norms regarding schools on the lines of the ones in Delhi
-
Maneka Gandhi Pitches For Women Drivers In School Buses
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi today suggested appointing women as drivers in school buses and in the non-teaching staff as part of efforts to ensure safety of children.
-
More Women Employees, Bus Drivers Will Increase School Safety: Prakash Javadekar
A greater presence of women -- employees and bus drivers -- in schools can help address the issue of safety on campus, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, days after a 7-year-old Gurgaon student was killed in a washroom.
-
A UP School Ignored Orders To Remain Closed. 13 Students Died En Route
At least 13 children were killed and two dozen more injured when a school bus collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh this morning. The crash in Etah, nearly 300 kilometres from the state capital of Lucknow, took place as the children, between the ages of 3 and 12, were headed to school. The driver of the bus also died in the crash, the latest d...
-
US School Bus Driver Charged in Deadly Crash That Killed 5 Students
Calling the Monday afternoon crash "every public safety professional's worst nightmare," Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told an overnight news conference that 24-year-old bus driver Johnthony Walker was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide.
-
School Bus Stuck On Flooded Road, Delhi Police Take 70 Students To Safety
A PCR team on Thursday rescued 70 children and two women teachers from a school bus stranded in the waterlogged road at Pul Prahladpur underpass in south Delhi, averting a dangerous situation.
-
Toddler dies after being left in a school bus in Thailand
A three-year-old boy has died after being left inside a private school bus for several hours in sweltering heat, Thai police said on Wednesday, the second such death of a toddler in recent weeks.
-
Delhi government issues stricter guidelines for plying school buses
Delhi government today issued fresh guidelines on plying of school buses, introducing stricter measures for ensuring safety of students.
