Traffic Safety Facts 1995: Children

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• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bicycle Crashes Child Endangerment Child Fatalities Childhood Accidents Children Child Restraint Systems Fatalities Graphs Motor Vehicle Crashes Pedestrian Vehicle Crashes Statistics Tables (Data) Traffic Crashes

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• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524814
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children of every age from 5 to 14 years old (based on 1992 figures, which are the latest mortality data currently available from the National Center for Health Statistics). In 1995, there were a total of 41,798 traffic fatalities in the United States. The 0-14 age group accounted for 7 percent (2,794) of those traffic fatalities. In addition, children under 15 years old accounted for 5 percent (1,804) of all vehicle occupant fatalities, 10 percent (340,000) of all the people injured in motor vehicle crashes, and 9 percent (286,000) of all the vehicle occupants injured in crashes. This factsheet presents graphs showing trends by age groups for the years1985-1995 in regards to traffic fatalities, pedestrian fatalities, and pedalcyclist fatalities. Three tables deal with restraint use.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:43e8cb9cbe716b6fa40806262f58e24c5896bcda0875f14fa0cab5849b1d629c
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4605/dot_4605_DS1.pdf
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