Fall 2009

Coming Your Way
Car Safety: Infants through Teenagers
 

Our next (winter 2010) issue will focus on car safety for infants through teenagers. New recommendations for booster seats and rear-facing infant car seats will be discussed. Discussion will also focus on teenagers, who contribute to and suffer from the consequences of motor vehicle collisions at a disproportionate rate:

• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds.

• In 2006, 3,490 drivers ages 15 to 20 were killed and an additional 272,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes.

• Drivers between the ages 15 to 20 constitute 6.4 percent of all licensed drivers in the U.S., but are involved in 12.9 percent of all fatal crashes.