The Department of Environmental Safety would like to remind the campus community that February 8 - 14 is National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week.
Children are particularly at risk for death and injury as occupants in motor vehicle crashes.
In the United States in 1996, more than 305,000 children ages 14 and under were injured in motor vehicle-related crashes. Children ages 4 and under accounted for more than one-fourth of these injuries. Seventy-five percent of motor vehicle crashes occur within 25 miles of home. Approximately 35 percent of children ages 4 and under ride unrestrained, placing them at twice the risk from death and injury than those riding restrained. The majority of automobile crash deaths result from fatal head injuries, especially among the youngest children.