Important safety news

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) joined with the University of Pennsylvania and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company to create the first comprehensive research study in the United States of how and why children are injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes. Known as Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS), the study remains the largest single research project devoted exclusively to pediatric motor vehicle injury.

83% of kids ages 4 to 8 are in adult seat belts. (American Academy of Pediatrics)

Seat belts are engineered to fit an adult male 5’10” weighing 165 lbs. (CHOP)

About 1.5 million kids are in motor vehicle crashes each year in the USA. (CHOP)

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and acquired disability for children between the ages of 4 and 8 years. (CHOP)

Children ages 4 to 8 who use booster seats are 59% less likely to be injured in a car crash than children who are restrained only by a seat belt. (PCPS, CHOP)

Each year about 400 kids (between ages 4 and 8) in the USA die in motor vehicle crashes—over 70,000 are injured. Over 7,000 of these injuries are incapacitating.” (CHOP)