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Child Passenger Safety: Fact Sheet
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Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. (CDC 2005). The following is a list of occurrences, consequences, and risk factors associated with child passenger safety.
| | In the United States during 2004, 1,638 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 214,000 were injured. |
| | That’s an average of 5 deaths and 586 injuries each day (NHTSA 2005a). |
| | Of the children ages 0 to 14 years who were killed in motor vehicle crashes during 2004, half were unrestrained (NHTSA 2005a). |
| | One out of four of all occupant deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years involve a drinking driver. |
| | More than two-thirds of these fatally injured children were riding with a drinking driver (Shults 2004). |
| | Restraint use among young children often depends upon the driver’s restraint use. Almost 40% of children riding with unbelted drivers were themselves unrestrained (Cody 2002). |
| | Many children who ride in child safety seats are improperly secured. A survey of more than 17,500 children found that only 15% of children in safety seats were correctly harnessed into correctly installed seats (Taft 1999). |
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Source:
CDC – National Center For Injury Prevention and Control
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