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		Injuries to Children by Age Group As children age, their risk of being injured in a crash rises. This is likely associated with high rates of child-restraint use for the youngest children and shows the need for age appropriate restraint in older children. Restraints include car safety seats, booster seats and lap/should seat belts.

		Risk of Child Injury by Seat Row and Restraint Type Age- and size-appropriate restraint and rear seating work together to provide the best protection for all children in motor vehicle crashes. Children properly restrained in rear seating have the lowest risk of injury. For any type of restraint used, children up to age 12 have a lower risk of injury in the rear seat, as compared to those in the front.

		Injury to Children 0 to 12 Years Old Seated in the Front Seat vs. Rear Seat Children are at a greater risk of injury in the front seat rather than in the rear seat. By restraining a child aged 0 to 12 years in the rear seat, parents can reduce the child's risk of injury in a crash by 38 percent.

		Type of Road Where Crashes Involving Children Occur More than half of crashes occured on parking lots or roads with posted speed limits of less than 45 m.p.h. There is a need for increased awareness that most crashes involving children occur in local communities during routine trips.

		Distances from Home for Crashes Involving Children Fifty-nine percent of crashes occured ten minutes or less from home. Eighty percent occured 20 minutes or less from home. This research reinforces the importance of using a child restraint on every trip, every time no matter how short the ride.

		Effectiveness of Belt-Positioning Booster Seats in Preventing Injury for 4 to 8-year-olds by Restraint Type Belt-positioning booster (BPB) seats are effective for children though at least age 7. Using a BPB with a seat belt instead of a seat belt alone reduces a child’s risk of injury by 59 percent. Once a child has outgrown the child safety seat with harness, they should be restrained in a belt-positioning booster seat until they reach a height at which an adult seat belt fits properly, usually around 4'9".

		Risk of Abdominal Injury for Child Occupants in Crashes Children in suboptimal restraints (adult seat belts) were more than three times as likely to sustain an abnominal injury compared to children in optimal restraints (belt-positioning booster seats).

		Child Restraint Use by Age By the end of 2005, 51 percent of 4- to 8-year-olds were using child restraints as compared to only 15 percent in 1999.

		Children 0 to 12 Years Old Seated in the Front Seat Children are at a greater risk of injury in the front seat rather than in the rear seat. By restraining a child aged 0 to 12 years in the rear seat, parents can reduce the child's risk of injury in a crash by 38 percent.




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