Nonoccupant Fatalities Associated with Backing Crashes

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Backing Crashes Baking Accidents Fatalities Nonoccupant Fatalities Preschool Children Statistics Traffic Crashes Traffic Crash Victims
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403445
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently completed a study of data from the National Center Health Statistics (NCHS) to obtain an estimate of the number of nonoccupant fatalities associated with off-road backing crashes. The NCHS data were contrasted with data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) on the number of nonoccupants killed in on-road fatal crashes. Fatalities of children aged 1-4 in backing crashes were of particular focus, as the physical stature and comprehension level of younger children place them at greater risk in situations involving backing motor vehicles. Children aged 1-4 were found to be overrepresented (relative to population) in backing crashes, particularly those occurring off-road. This Research Note was first published December 1996; this is a revised version.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ee3d65a7f87e810f76092f506bfe4940d8696e3cb6f6a39a971e088430d2b3905d0c923e3303157b0690214393eadf176dafa578a4b6f18d6f77a187fd5794b
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12754/dot_12754_DS1.pdf
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