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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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