Parents are welcome to attend. I Overview Automobile accidents are responsible for more deaths in middle childhood than any other cause. There are an additional 100 children injured in car crashes for every child who dies. Your young child is more likely to be killed in an automobile collision than any other type of accident. Nationwide, more than 265,000 children are injured each year while riding in motor vehicles.
Most accidents occur within five miles of home.
Non-crash incidents such as sudden stops, swerves, turns or children's movement in a car constitutes important causes of injury. Use of a lap belt alone has been associated with dislocations of the spine and ruptures of abdominal organs. Even worse is putting the shoulder strap under one arm. Included in this brief discussion was the increasing number of incidents of children running between cars. Committee members were asked to think of ways to ease the crunch outside of school, including trying to discover close locations parents could park and walk a short distance to drop off and pick up their children at school.