By far the most common type of injury accident involving children are those that also involve motor vehicle collisions. According to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), nearly 250,000 children are injured every year in car accidents.
This means that on any given day nearly 700 children are harmed due to accidents on our roadways. Of the 250,000 kids injured each year, approximately 2,000 die from their injuries. Children make up about 5% of total fatalities due to car accidents. In fact, for children between the ages of 2 and 14, motorvehicle accidents are the leading cause of death.
Car accidents are also the leading cause of acquired disability (e.g., brain injury, paralysis, etc.) for children nationwide.
The failure to wear a seat belt or use a child safety seat is a contributing factor in more than half of the cases involving children who die in car accidents. Not only is an unrestrained child a potential distraction to the driver of the vehicle, but also the failure to wear a seat belt dramatically increases the chance that a child will suffer much more serious injury and death.
Hmmm 2000 children killed annually because of the stupidity and ignorance of those who are supposed to care most for them. What do you think the stats are here (as opposed to the US which are cited in the above article) where so many parents/guardians allow their children to travel without the proper safety restraints.
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By far the most common type of injury accident involving children are those that also involve motor vehicle collisions. According to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), nearly 250,000 children are injured every year in car accidents.
This means that on any given day nearly 700 children are harmed due to accidents on our roadways. Of the 250,000 kids injured each year, approximately 2,000 die from their injuries. Children make up about 5% of total fatalities due to car accidents. In fact, for children between the ages of 2 and 14, motorvehicle accidents are the leading cause of death.
Car accidents are also the leading cause of acquired disability (e.g., brain injury, paralysis, etc.) for children nationwide.
The failure to wear a seat belt or use a child safety seat is a contributing factor in more than half of the cases involving children who die in car accidents. Not only is an unrestrained child a potential distraction to the driver of the vehicle, but also the failure to wear a seat belt dramatically increases the chance that a child will suffer much more serious injury and death.
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/children-car-accidents-the-alar...
Hmmm 2000 children killed annually because of the stupidity and ignorance of those who are supposed to care most for them. What do you think the stats are here (as opposed to the US which are cited in the above article) where so many parents/guardians allow their children to travel without the proper safety restraints.
Dogs are the least of these children's problems.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"