Traffic Safety Facts 1999: Children

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Children
  • Crash data
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Child restraint systems
  • Statistics
  • Traffic accidents
  • Trend (Statistics)
  • United States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 809 087
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524820
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  In 1999, there were more than 58 million children under 15 years old in the United States. This age group (0-14 years) made up 21% of the total U.S. resident population in 1999. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children of every age from 6 to 14 years old (based on 1997 figures, which are the latest mortality data currently available from the National Center for Health Statistics). In 1999, there were 41,611 traffic fatalities in the United States. The 0-14 age group accounted for 6% (2,474) of those traffic fatalities. In addition, children under 15 years old accounted for 5% (1,724) of all vehicle occupant fatalities, 10% (318,000) of all the people injured in motor vehicle crashes, and 9% (272,000) of all the vehicle occupants injured in crashes. Additional statistics on children killed or injured in traffic crashes in 1999 are provided in this traffic safety fact sheet.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4774/dot_4774_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 55.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e491e814a350b5ab4c3834882db8f65d2f757e04b530f98499da73ad401c4f17