And almost one quarter of child traffic deaths are alcohol-related. Support of Operation ABC in your community can have a dramatic effect on the life of a child. Child safety seats, properly installed, reduce the risk of death by 69 percent for infants and 47 percent for toddlers. When drivers are buckled, children riding with them are buckled 87 percent of the time. Parents who don't buckle up are more likely to improperly place babies in the front seat, exposing them to serious risk of being injured or killed by an air bag.
Children riding with an impaired driver are even less likely to be buckled up.
Every 33 minutes someone dies in an alcohol-related crash. This Thanksgiving, you can do your part to protect children on our highways. A recent study showed that 25 percent of children treated in an emergency room were injured not in crashes, but by swerves, stops and turns in cars. Making sure child safety seats are the right size, and learning the proper way to restrain infants and toddlers in your vehicle. Refraining from drinking if you're going to drive.