Is European school transport safe?—The need for a “door-to-door” perspective

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Table 3 Position of child relative to bus and association with bus at time of accident, Scotland 1999 & 2000

Position of child relative to bus at time of accident	Child definitely associated with bus as passenger		Child may have been associated with bus as passenger	Child unlikely to be associated with bus as passenger	All	%
Position of child relative to bus at time of accident	Before boarding	Having alighted	Child may have been associated with bus as passenger	Child unlikely to be associated with bus as passenger	All	%
Front	5	20	36	16	77	51%
Rear	1	7	32	–	40	27%
Unknown	4	10	9	–	23	15%
Between vehicles^a	–	1	8	–	9	6%
Side	1	–	–	–	1	1%
All	11	38	85	16	150	100%