Statistics show that pedestrian injury is the second-leading cause of accidental injury-related deaths among children between the ages of 5 and 14 in the U.S. This means that safety risks can occur when your child is walking to school, walking around your neighborhood, or waiting for the bus. School bus safety is critical for parents and children to be aware of, and sometimes parents overestimate their children’s understanding of safety precautions. According to the National Highway Safety and Transportation Association (NHTSA), students are around 70 times more likely to get to school safety in a bus as opposed to a car, so it’s not necessarily the bus itself parents should be most concerned about. It’s waiting for it. There are risks not only as your child is actually at the bus stop, but while they’re walking to the stop as well. The following are important school bus stop safety tips you should know as a parent so you can then make sure you go over them with your child. Getting Ready for School Bus stop safety starts before your child ever walks out the door. Your child should put everything they take to school with them in a single backpack…