More children die annually from unintentional injury than from all childhood diseases combined.
Nationally, more than 8,000 children under age 14 are killed and at least 50,000 are permanently disabled from injury each year. Children are seriously hurt and killed in traffic as passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists. They also suffer from burns, drowning, poisoning, choking, firearm injuries and falls. These injuries exact a tremendous toll, not only in lives lost, but also in years of financial and emotional suffering caused by lifelong disabilities. The goal of the New York SAFE KIDS Coalitions is to reduce the incidence of preventable childhood injury to children under 14.