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Nontraffic Fatalities by State from the KidsAndCars.org Database

(New Data as of 12/14/12)

NATIONAL STATISTICS

U.S. Child Nontraffic Incidents by Year and Type
from the KidsAndCars.org Database (1991-2011)

Fatals	Backover	Frontover	Heat	Vehicle in Motion	Other	Total
2011	76	55	33	10	29	203
2010	66	76	49	10	38	239
2009	88	81	33	8	66	276
2008	78	68	43	7	27	223
2007	103	56	36	22	33	250
2006	88	68	29	12	33	230
2005	111	48	47	15	29	250
2004	85	25	39	18	28	195
2003	108	14	43	17	20	202
2002	71	7	31	14	11	134
2001	54	8	39	10	21	132
2000	28	8	35	12	15	98
1999	23	9	32	8	14	86
1998	18	5	39	8	13	83
1997	12	4	21	1	12	50
1996	7	0	11	9	5	32
1995	10	3	24	0	3	40
1994	12	0	9	2	2	25
1993	6	0	11	1	3	21
1992	4	1	4	0	5	14
1991	3	0	5	1	0	9
Total	1051	536	613	185	407	2792

These data vastly underestimate the true magnitude of children who are injured or killed in nontraffic incidents.
This chart represents the incidents KidsAndCars.org has been able to uncover and document involving children < 16 years of age.

*In January 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its first report on the subject of nontraffic incidents involving all ages.  Subsequent to NHTSA’s first report, they extracted data involving only children and issued a second report (subset of the January 2009 report) in June of 2009 specific to children involved in nontraffic events.  Learn More

 

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