Special Crash Investigations Remote Non-Traffic Surveillance Hyperthermia Investigation; Vehicle: 2004 Dodge Ram 1500; Location: Louisiana; Incident Date: June 2016

The interest of this investigation is the heat-stroke death of a 3-year-old female and a 3-year-old male who entered a parked, unoccupied 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 and were unable to exit the vehicle. This incident occurred in a suburban, residential area in a driveway that was located in front of the children’s residence. The Dodge was parked in the driveway of the residence with the windows closed and the doors reportedly locked. The mother and two children were watching television in the living room of the residence and the mother fell asleep. At some point as the mother slept, the two children exited the residence and entered the Dodge. The mother awoke from an approximate two hour sleep and proceeded to search for the children. She found them deceased in the vehicle. It is not known specifically how the children entered the vehicle.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812543
• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  Transportation Research Center
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47401

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Statistics and Analysis

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2018-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Crash investigation; Fatalities; High temperature; Pickup trucks
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01671683
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 543, IN16035
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-12-C-00270
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 4 2018 4:52PM