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04-09-2003, 06:57 AM

Yesterday in the drs. office I was reading the Feb 2003 issue of Parenting. There was a little blurb that said only 6% of kids that should be in booster seats actually are and that car accidents are the leading cause of death for kids over age 4. Is that true?? 6%??? Wow.....

CPSDarren · 04-09-2003, 09:04 AM

I don't know about the booster statistic, but boosters are BY FAR the largest area of non-use for all child restraints.

Motor vehicle crashes are indeed the #1 cause of death for ages 1-34! That's according to the center for disease control. About half those deaths are from non-use of restraint systems. Many of the rest are from misuse:-(

Some more links to statistics pages can be found on our new links page: http://www.car-safety.org/links2.html

Robert · 04-10-2003, 11:15 PM

The leading cause of death for 5-14 year olds is traffic crashes.

In fatal crashes of 4-8 year olds it is reported that 21% were unrestraint.

In 1999 only 63% of teh 4-8 year old age group were using booster

For information see

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/inju...ategy_2002.pdf[URL]

04-09-2003, 09:04 AM	#2
CPSDarren Admin - CPS Technician Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 6,102	Sounds right- I don't know about the booster statistic, but boosters are BY FAR the largest area of non-use for all child restraints. Motor vehicle crashes are indeed the #1 cause of death for ages 1-34! That's according to the center for disease control. About half those deaths are from non-use of restraint systems. Many of the rest are from misuse:-( Some more links to statistics pages can be found on our new links page: http://www.car-safety.org/links2.html __________________ Darren

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04-09-2003, 06:57 AM	#1
AngelaS Guest Posts: n/a	Is this statistic right? Yesterday in the drs. office I was reading the Feb 2003 issue of Parenting. There was a little blurb that said only 6% of kids that should be in booster seats actually are and that car accidents are the leading cause of death for kids over age 4. Is that true?? 6%??? Wow.....

04-10-2003, 11:15 PM	#3
Robert Moderator - CPST Instructor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 446	The leading cause of death for 5-14 year olds is traffic crashes. In fatal crashes of 4-8 year olds it is reported that 21% were unrestraint. In 1999 only 63% of teh 4-8 year old age group were using booster For information see http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/inju...ategy_2002.pdf[URL]