Each year, products that are thought safe for children namely cribs and clothing-cause deaths from suffocation or strangulation. Approximately 50 babies suffocate or strangle each year when they become trapped between broken crib parts or between parts of an older crib with an unsafe design. Clothing with drawstrings also presents a hazard for children. Drawstrings can become entangled in playground equipment, fences, and furniture, causing strangulation. Such entanglements were associated with 17 deaths and 42 nonfatal incidents between 1985 and 1995.
Car trunks present a special risk for children.
Between 1987 and 1998, nearly 20 children between 2 and 6 years old died from being trapped inside car trunks. The children had either climbed into trunks that were open or managed to open the trunks themselves, with or without keys. Accessed July 15, 1999. American Academy of Pediatrics. Infants at increasing risk of suffocation death.