STATISTICS

KIDS AND CARS maintains a national database tracking  deaths and  injuries to children left unattended in or around motor vehicles.    Currently no federal or state agency is collecting information related to deaths and injuries that occur as non-traffic incidents on private property.

Statistics from the KIDS AND CARS database

Year Incidents Children Involved Fatalities
2010(as of 07/09/2010) 266 338 112
2009 587 761 263
2008 687 954 204
2007 725 942 232
2006 598 742 219
2005 454 553 226
2004 502 607 174
2003 610 762 189
2002 435 602 133
2001 403 524 124

These data vastly underestimate the true magnitude of this public safety issue.

* The CDC reports over 9100 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms due nontraffic, noncrash incidents.
Pie chart is broken down by type of incident in which a fatality occurred.
  Statistics represent national data from the past 5 years.