Transport committee  There has been a significant decline over the last 30 years. The overall road safety statistics in that area have shown a decline of 30% in fatalities over the last 30 years, and that decline is even more pronounced in the context of school buses.

Transport committee  We do have statistics around large school buses versus small school buses. In fact, the small school bus safety record is exceptionally strong. Where there were injuries and fatalities over the period of 1992 to 2017 in large school buses, there were none in terms of small buses.

Transport committee  With respect to the Canada motor vehicle safety standards, there are 18 standards that are broadly applicable to buses. An example where I would say Transport Canada has taken it a step further in terms of smaller buses would be with respect to electronic stability control syst

Transport committee  The national collision database draws from statistics assembled from each of the provinces and territories. We work closely with the provinces and territories through the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators. We depend very much on that close collaboration to be abl

Transport committee  It's simply a matter of providing sufficient time for provinces and territories to collect data—for example from coroners' offices, from hospitals and from a variety of datasets—and then to be able to scrub the numbers, validate them and provide that to Transport Canada so we can

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Yes. There are some statistics we can offer in terms of school buses during that time frame. In the last decade, there was one fatality. Between 1998 and 2017, there were five. Going back to 1984, there were 23. That shows the overall decline. By comparison, between 1998 and 2017

Transport committee  From 2008 to 2017, rear-end collisions were the most prevalent. For example, in terms of all buses, there were a total of 18,594 collisions during that time period related to rear-end collisions. The second most prevalent were sideswipes.

Transport committee  I would point to a couple of items. In October 2018, the Minister of Transport and his provincial and territorial colleagues released a study on strengthening the safety of vulnerable road users. That included 57 safety measures, a number of which were around infrastructure, a n

Transport committee  There are a number. There are 18 Canada motor vehicle safety standards that apply broadly to buses, whether they are motor coaches, transit buses or school buses. There are specific additional requirements that have contributed to the exceptionally strong safety record of school

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  This goes back to the evidence base and draws from the national collision database, which shows that school buses account for such a small number of accidents in Canada. That being the case, the point that Kevin was making around the interplay between seat belts and the other saf

Transport committee  The task force had been instructed to work as a multidisciplinary task force to develop recommendations for consideration by the council of ministers in the spring of 2019.

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely. We do have statistics on that. Over the course of the last decade, there has been one fatality of a bus occupant on a school bus, and that represents a decrease. The statistics going back to 1984 show 23 fatalities of bus occupants on school buses. That shows a s

Transport committee  Under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, the federal government and Transport Canada are mandated to establish the Canada motor vehicle safety standards for the vehicle itself. They're intended to regulate to a minimum level of safety. At the same time, there are also guidelines and s