Rules for transporting children on buses

This article will discuss the rules for transporting groups of children on a bus . Over the past few years, several regulations related to this issue have been issued and amended. All of them were reviewed on pddmaster.ru.

This article contains generalized information and will be updated as legislation changes.

Please note that issues of organized transportation of children affect not only transport companies.

For example, if parents of schoolchildren want to organize an excursion for their children, then they will also have to comply with the transportation rules.

This article will discuss the documents required for transportation, requirements for buses and the people on them.

What is organized transportation of children?

Clause 1.2 of the traffic rules:

“Organized transportation of a group of children” - transportation on a bus that is not a route vehicle, a group of children of 8 or more people, carried out without their parents or other legal representatives.

Please note that organized transportation does not include:

• Children's ride on a minibus. For example, if children and their teacher go to the theater on trolleybus number 1.
• Transportation of 7 or less children.
• Transportation of 8 or more children and several parents, in which 7 or less children are traveling without parents.

Organized transportation includes transportation when:

• People travel on a bus that is not a route vehicle.
• Among the people there are at least 8 children whose parents are not present on the bus.

If the above conditions are met, then you should read this article to the end and study the transportation rules.

Requirements for transporting children

In accordance with No. 99-FZ “On licensing of certain types of activities”, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 17, 2013 N 1177, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 652 of 2015, to transport children aged 1.5 to 16 years, the bus must be equipped in accordance with GOST 33552-2015 standards:

• transport must be no older than 10 years and equipped with the Glonass system;
• Before departure on each flight, a technical inspection must be completed;
• The driver must have a first aid kit, a tachograph, a “children” sign, a warning triangle and wheel chocks.

Participants of organized transportation

Currently, the list of persons who can participate in organized transportation is strictly limited. Clause 14 of the rules for transporting children by bus:

14. If a child or other person included in the list fails to appear, information about him or her is deleted from the list. In addition to the driver (drivers), other persons other than those indicated in the lists are not allowed on the bus. Monitoring compliance with these requirements is the responsibility of accompanying persons.

Only :

• driver(s);
• children included in the passenger list;
• accompanying persons included in the list of passengers;
• a medical worker included in the passenger list.

Please note that the legality of each person on the bus must be confirmed by an appropriate document. You cannot take a person on a trip without a document.

As an example, consider the following situation. The 11th grade of a secondary school is going on a tourist trip. At the same time, some students have reached the age of 18, i.e. they are not children. The rest of the class remains children. How to prepare documents in this case?

It's actually quite simple:

• Students under 18 years of age must be listed as children on the passenger list;
• Students over 18 years of age must be included on the passenger list as accompanying passengers.

Let's take a closer look at each of the trip participants.

Bus driver

The driver must meet the following requirements:

• working as a category D driver for 1 year out of the last 2 years (until January 1, 2021 - 12 out of the last 13 months);
• undergo pre-trip briefing;
• absence of punishment in the form of deprivation of rights or administrative arrest during the last year.

Children

Children under 18 years of age must be included as children on the passenger list.

Moreover, if there is at least one child under 7 years of age on the list, then the bus schedule must be drawn up so that the bus does not travel longer than 4 hours. That is, we are talking about the total duration of the trip. So it won’t be possible to take small children on long trips.

Accompanying

All accompanying persons must be included in the passenger list as accompanying persons.

Accompanying persons are assigned to each of the buses involved in transportation. The minimum number of accompanying persons is 1 person at each bus door intended for boarding.

If the bus has 2 doors, then there must be at least two accompanying people.

Note. From 1 January 2021, only 1 accompanying person is allowed on the bus if the group includes 20 children or less. In this case, passengers board and disembark through one door of the bus, near which there is an accompanying person.

The maximum number of accompanying persons is not limited.

For example, 8 children and 30 accompanying persons can travel on a bus.

One of the accompanying persons on each bus is designated as responsible.

a senior responsible escort is also appointed . Until October 1, 2019, the senior person in charge could only travel on the last bus in the convoy. After October 1, this requirement is canceled and the senior accompanying person can ride on any bus.

Adult passengers

All adult passengers on the bus must be included on the passenger list as companions.

Medical worker

A medical professional is only required if the trip meets both the following conditions:

• the trip is intercity (until January 1, 2021);
• the duration of the scheduled trip exceeds 12 hours;
• there are 3 or more buses in a convoy (from January 1, 2021).

From October 1, 2021, a medical worker can travel on any bus in the convoy. Previously, he was supposed to be on the last bus.

Requirements for equipment and configuration of the bus

1. Seats on the bus are for sitting only. Their number should not be less than the number of passengers. Children are seated in seats located forward along the direction of the car.
2. The driver should not be separated from the passenger compartment by a solid partition. A loudspeaker for internal and external communication is installed at his workplace. Light and sound alarm switches are installed in the cabin to indicate the need for an emergency stop.
3. Vehicle equipment: 2 first aid kits, warning triangle, 2 wheel chocks, at least 2 fire extinguishers, one of which is mounted near the driver’s seat.
4. Vehicle designation: body - yellow, front, rear and sides - inscription "CHILDREN", front and rear - signs "Transportation of children".
5. A bus for transporting children is equipped with a device that, when reverse gear is engaged, automatically sounds a warning sound.
6. A bus for transporting children must have an optical system that would allow the driver to control the boarding and disembarking of passengers from his seat. If mirrors are not enough for this, then video cameras are installed.
7. A bus for transporting children, which is used to travel on mountain routes, must have fog lights at the front and auxiliary lights at the rear. Only vehicles with a mileage of up to 300 thousand km are allowed on such routes. The tread on bus tires must be at least 3.0 mm high.

Documents for organized transportation

Traffic police document

If transportation is carried out by one or two buses, then a copy of the traffic police notification .

Submitting a notification to the traffic police

If the transportation involves 3 or more buses, then a copy of the traffic police decision on assigning an escort or refusing to provide an escort is required. In case of a positive decision on the application, the convoy of buses is accompanied by one or more police vehicles.

List of all passengers

From October 1, 2021, all passengers can be included in a single list , that is, issuing separate lists for children, accompanying and adult passengers is not required.

For example, the list might look like this:

When filling out information about children, instead of the “Age” column, the “Date of Birth” column can be used.

Note. If a medical professional is involved in the trip, he must also be included in the passenger list. In addition, a license to carry out medical activities or an agreement with a medical organization must be attached.

Driver's document

Attention! From January 1, 2021, an additional driver document is no longer required .

The driver's document must indicate his full name and telephone number. If there are several drivers, then the document indicates the details of each of them.

Please note that we are not talking about a driver's license. A separate document is required, which must be prepared by the transportation organizer.

In addition, you don’t have to issue if the documents include a copy of the traffic police notification about the transportation. Such notification is mandatory if the transportation involves 1 or 2 buses.

Procedure for boarding passengers on the bus

Attention! From January 1, 2021, passenger boarding procedures are no longer required .

The order of boarding passengers includes information about how exactly it is controlled that exactly the passengers from the list got on the bus:

• according to documents (official ID, travel voucher, student card);
• according to the list of passengers;

Transportation route

Transportation route information must include:

• point of departure;
• intermediate pick-up/drop-off points;
• destination;
• stopping places for food and rest.

Note. Before October 1, 2021, a traffic schedule was also required, which should have indicated the time of arrival at different points along the route.

Additional documents

Documents that the driver must have only in some cases:

• The charter agreement or a copy thereof (if such an agreement was concluded).
• List of a set of food products if children are traveling for more than 3 hours (until January 1, 2021).

Please note that the originals of all the documents listed above must be kept for 90 days from the date of the trip , and if an accident involving victims occurred during the trip, then for 3 years.

Mass and regular transportation of children on buses

Before the start of the season for transporting children to holiday camps, the head of the transport enterprise creates a commission. Her responsibilities include inspecting the roads leading to children's health organizations. Based on the condition of the access roads, the possibility of delivering children to recreation areas is determined. The decision is formalized by a corresponding act.

When transporting children on buses to and from school during the school year, routes and schedules are drawn up in advance. They must be agreed upon with the traffic police. It is not recommended to organize bus excursions for preschool children.

To accompany a convoy of 3 or more buses, a traffic police vehicle is allocated. He moves ahead of the column. In addition, there must be an ambulance. If there are more than 10 cars in the convoy, then another traffic police car must drive behind. If children are transported by one or two buses, an escort is not required. Instead of an ambulance, there is a paramedic on each bus.

When transporting children en masse on buses, the head of the transport organization appoints a senior driver, who usually drives the last bus in the convoy. And also the senior convoy – from among the company’s specialists.

Bus for organized transportation

Paragraph 22.6 of the traffic rules:

22.6. Organized transportation of a group of children must be carried out in accordance with these Rules, as well as the rules approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, on a bus marked with identification marks “Transportation of Children”.

requirements apply to the bus :

• Installation of a sign “Transportation of children”. The sign is installed in front and behind the bus.
• Turn on a yellow or orange beacon (starting from July 1, 2021).
• The bus must be equipped with seat belts (from October 1, 2021).

In addition, a bus for the organized transportation of children must meet the requirements for all buses for the transportation of passengers:

• The bus must comply in terms of purpose and design with the technical requirements for the transportation of passengers.
• The bus must be permitted to participate in road traffic.
• Installation of tachograph.
• Installation of GLONASS or GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation equipment (not valid from March 19 to May 31, 2021).

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Basic requirements for driving mode

To transport children on buses, a route is developed, with stops marked. Deviations are not allowed. Travel is allowed only during daylight hours. If road or weather conditions threaten safety, movement is prohibited.

The bus (convoy) is obliged to travel at a speed that ensures safety under the existing meteorological, road and other conditions. The maximum speed in any case is up to 60 km/h. Low beam headlights must be on. When boarding or disembarking, the driver has no right to leave the cab. During the movement, persons accompanying children are located near the doors.

Drivers of cars traveling in a convoy are prohibited from overtaking other buses in the convoy. Working hours of a bus driver for transporting children. After the first 3 hours of movement - a break of 15 minutes. In the future, the same breaks are arranged every 2 hours.

Basic requirements for drivers

To obtain permission to transport children on buses, the driver must have continuous work experience of 3 years or more (for vehicles of category “D”). In addition, he must not have had any traffic violations within the last 3 years.

Along mountain routes. Before being assigned to a route, the driver must undergo a 6-day internship. When transferring to another flight - one or two days. When transferring to another brand of bus - 3 or 4 days.

Before each departure from the garage, the driver undergoes a medical examination and instruction, and the bus for transporting children undergoes a technical condition check. The duration of the inter-shift rest for a driver who is about to go on a “children’s” flight must be at least 12 hours.

If there is one driver on the bus, the duration of the excursion trip is no more than 12 hours, two - no more than 16 hours. The duration of an excursion with two drivers can exceed 16 hours only if there are places for a full 8-hour rest along the route.