Welcome
to the KIDS 'N CARS ™ website. We hope you will spend some time with us and
learn about an issue that is near and dear to all of us.............our kids and
their safety.
KIDS
'N CARS™ is the first organization dedicated solely to the prevention of
injuries and deaths due to children being left unattended in or around motor
vehicles.
KIDS
'N CARS™ is a program of the Trauma Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit agency
based at San Francisco Hospital.
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STAGGERING
STATISTICS
KIDS ‘N CARSä
is developing a national database to evaluate the circumstances and consequences
of leaving children 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 public or private
property.
Here
are our current statistics.*
| YEAR |
INCIDENTS |
VICTIMS |
DEATHS |
| 2002 |
288 |
394 |
91 |
| 2001 |
374 |
494 |
102 |
| 2000 |
302 |
389 |
77 |
| 1999 |
218 |
300 |
65 |
| 1998 |
154 |
214 |
71 |
| 1997 |
114 |
147 |
39 |
(as
of 09/17/02)
*These
data vastly underestimate the true magnitude of this public safety issue.
Statistics represent
national data from the past decade, 535 deaths.
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