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Mandate for Backup Cameras in New Vehicles is Associated with Near-50% Reduction in Severe Injuries
A 2018 federal mandate to equip all new vehicles with a backup camera was associated with a significant decrease in severe injuries and death in small children, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 National Conference & Exhibition.
27 babies, toddlers, children. That's how many have died this year in hot cars. What to know
Twenty-seven babies and children. The number could reflect a classroom full of future scientists, astronauts, bankers, police officers, teachers or builders. Instead, it's the number of those who have no future. That's how many of our youth have died so far this year after dying in a hot car.
My daughter died after her babysitter left her in a hot car, here's why I forgive her
A mother whose one-year-old daughter died after her babysitter left her in the back of an overheating car has revealed why she has forgiven the woman responsible.
Technology aims to reverse hot-car deaths among children
Seventeen children have died so far in 2025 after being left inside hot cars, including a 3-year-old boy from Alabama and an infant from Nebraska in July, according to the national advocacy group Kids and Car Safety.
Preventing the deaths of children in hot cars this summer
So far in 2025, there have been 13 hot car fatalities reported in the U.S. Six of those fatalities have occurred since June 22. Amber Rollins of Kids and Car Safety explains the dangers of hot cars.
