School Vehicle Types

 
“Type SSV”
A “Small School Vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is sold or introduced in interstate commerce for purposes that include carrying students to and from school or related events, with a maximum seating capacity of 9 passengers and the driver or less, including vans, suburbans and passenger cars.

“Type A”
A “Type A” school bus is a conversion or body constructed and installed upon a van-type compact truck or a front-section vehicle chassis, with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less, originally designed by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 16 passengers.

“Type B”
This definition becomes effective July 3, 2006. A "Type B" school bus is constructed utilizing a stripped or cutaway chassis with a GVWR of more than 10,000 lbs., originally designed by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 30 passengers. Part of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat. The service door is behind the front wheels.

“Type C”
A “Type C” school bus is a body installed upon a flat back cowl chassis with a GVWR of more than 10,000 lbs., originally designed by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 54 passengers. The engine is in front of the windshield, or part of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the driver’s seat. The service door is behind the front wheels.

“Type D”
A “Type D” school bus is a body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, middle, or rear, with a GVWR of more than 10,000 lbs., originally designed by the manufacturer for carrying 10 to 54 passengers. The engine may be behind the windshield and beside the driver’s seat; it may be at the rear of the school bus, behind the rear wheels; or it may be in the middle of the school bus between the front and rear axles. The service door is ahead of the front wheels.