Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Children

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Child restraint systems
  • Children
  • Drunk driving
  • Fatalities
  • Highway safety
  • Pedestrian-vehicle crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 811
• Series:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/mpzw-se47
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts- Research Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This fact sheet provides traffic safety data for children 14 and younger in 2024, based on FARS and CRSS. Key Findings: Of the 39,254 traffic fatalities in the United States, 1,032 (3%) were 14 and younger; child traffic fatalities increased 1 percent from 2023; an estimated 160,850 children were injured; an average of 3 children were killed and an estimated 439 children were injured every day; of the 22,713 passenger vehicle occupants killed, 677 (3%) were children; of those 677, restraint use was known for 585, of whom 229 (39%) were unrestrained; of the 1,032 children killed in traffic crashes, an estimated 221 (21%) were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes in 2024.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/91906/dot_91906_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NCSA Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Data
• Main Document Checksum:
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