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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 25, 2016 54
This weekend families around the United States celebrated Safe Kids Day, an annual event put on by Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit organization working to protect kids from preventable injuries. While the national celebration was held at Smashbox Studio in Culver City, California, over 200 Safe Kids Day events were also held all across the country. Preventable injuries are the leading cause of death to children in the U.S, but Safe Kids Worldwide believes that with education and forethought, most of these injuries are preventable. The event raises safety awareness and supports the life-saving...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Community- December 04, 2015 61
According to road safety statistics that were recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we may be well on our way to having completely safe roads for drivers and pedestrians in our lifetime. According to a new report, auto related fatalities have significantly declined in 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.
According to the NHTSA, the total number of traffic fatalities in 2014 was 32,675, compared to the number of 32,719 in 2013. While this itself is good, the rest of the report isn't quite as optimistic and points to the fact that there is still very real work...
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News Featured Stories Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Community- December 01, 2015 60Today is Giving Tuesday.In the spirit of giving, we asked kids, "Why give to KidsAndCars.org?"Here is what they said...
Children are the greatest givers of all, aren't they?
They give us smiles, laughter, joy and love.Today, YOU can give back to them. YOU can be their superhero.Please ask your friends and family to be superheroes for kids too!Thank you!- Your friends at KidsAndCars.org -
News Featured Stories News Releases Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides FAQ / Ask The Expert Safety Community- June 24, 2015 67Five children have died in June - a total of 7 this year
...OLATHE, KS. - June 22, 2015... Two children died of heatstroke in hot cars on Father's Day, reports KidsAndCars.org, the only national nonprofit child safety organization working solely to prevent injuries and deaths of children in and around vehicles.Five children have died in hot cars already in June, bringing the total to 7 child vehicular heatstroke deaths this year nationwide. - June 21st (Pomona, CA) - A 3-year-old girl was unknowingly left alone in a vehicle after returning home from a Father's Day family outing.
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News News Releases Safety Community- June 05, 2015 499
A Texas toddler was hit by her grandfather’s vehicle as she ran to the driveway to greet him. The tragic accident happened in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday night after the 22-month-old girl broke free from her grandmother and ran towards her grandfather’s silver truck as it approached the driveway. The toddler was too small to see from inside the vehicle and the grandfather unknowingly ran over the child as he backed into the driveway.
KHOU reports that the unidentified child was just 22-months-old when she broke free from her grandmother’s arms and ran towards her grandfather’s truck to greet him...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- August 28, 2014 1506
What could be more horrible than a mother backing her car out of the driveway, running over, and killing her own child? Rebecca Woodruff, age 4, died this way. The mother called 911, asked for an ambulance. The Houston dispatcher sent a fire truck instead. Critical life-saving moments were lost and the child died.
Every week in America, there are more than fifty backover accidents involving children. The average age of the child is one-year old. The majority of the time, a parent or relative is driving the vehicle. Mostly these accidents happen with larger vehicles like a truck, van, or SUV. Of...
