The CPSC estimated that 10,380 people were treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 1999 for amusement ride-related injuries. John Graff, President of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, suggested that the injury rates may be over-reported. I suggested that we'd have more reliable and inclusive data to study if parks would simply report injuries to a centralized federal database. Children Amusement ride injuries are primarily a child safety issue. Neck, trunk, and face were the three most commonly injured body parts.
Good data is hard to find, at least in the amusement ride world.
A large percentage of parks and carnivals don't report injuries that occur on their rides, and many of the states which do require accident reporting don't release details such as cause of injury. The lines separating those categories are fuzzy, and tend to overlap. For example, children slipping underneath metal lap bars is a common cause of amusement ride accidents. The parent for allowing the child to ride with a poorly-fitting lap bar. The ride operator for failing to stop the ride when the child began to slip.