Eight female students and a bus supervisor were injured when their bus collided with six other vehicles on Al Raha Beach in Abu Dhabi going towards Dubai.
The Abu Dhabi Traffic and Patrols Directorate said the crash occurred between a school bus, a pick-up and five other vehicles, Khaleej Times reported.
The incident took place on Sunday with the students suffering minor injuries.
Brigadier Salim Abdullah bin Barak Al Dhaheri, director of Outer Region at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate said that the accident occurred as the vehicles failed to maintain a safe distance between them.
He said that traffic and ambulance patrols were rushed to the site and the injured were transferred to hospital for treatment.
The rest of the students were taken in a van.