MOTOR-VEHICLE OCCUPANT FATALITIES AND RESTRAINT USE AMONG CHILDREN AGED 4-8 YEARS, UNITED STATES, 1994-1998

In the United States, more children aged 4-8 years die as occupants in motor-vehicle related crashes than from any other form of unintentional injury. To reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by motor-vehicle related trauma, child passengers in this age group should be restrained properly in a vehicle's back seat. To characterize fatalities, restraint use, and seating position among occupants aged 4-8 years involved in fatal crashes, the Center for Disease Control analyzed 1994-1998 data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting Systems (FARS), which is maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (FHWA). This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicate that during 1994-1998 little change occurred in the death rate, restraint use, and seating position among children aged 4-8 years killed in crashes.

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Corporate Authors:
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA United States 30333
Publication Date: 2000-2-25

Language

English

Media Info

Features: References; Tables;
Pagination: p. 135-137
Serial:
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Volume: 49
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
- ISSN: 0149-2195
- EISSN: 1545-861x
- Serial URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Age; Child restraint systems; Children; Fatalities; Motor vehicles; Rear seat occupants; Traffic crash victims; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Vehicle occupants
Uncontrolled Terms: 4-8 Year old children
Geographic Terms: United States
Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00790539
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Apr 17 2000 12:00AM