Vehicle incidents are the #1 killer of children in the United States

Saving Lives of Children and Pets In and Around Vehicles

Kids and Car Safety is devoted to eliminating vehicle-related risks to children and pets through data collection, research and analysis, public education and awareness programs, policy change, and product redesign.

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Learn How to Keep Kids Safe

Vehicle incidents are the #1 killer of children in the United States. Learn about the many unknown dangers both inside and outside your vehicle and what to do to keep your family safe.

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Hot Cars

Children left in hot vehicles can suffer heatstroke and death within minutes

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Frontovers

Children run over by vehicles moving forward in driveways and parking lots

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Backovers

Children struck by vehicles backing up, often unseen by drivers

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Car Theft

Vehicles stolen with children still inside

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Vehicle Submersion

Drowning from vehicles entering water

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Carbon Monoxide

Silent poisoning from running vehicles

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Power Windows

Strangulation and injuries from power windows

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Trunk Entrapment

Children trapped inside vehicle trunks

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Pets

Keeping pets safe in and around vehicles

Childproof Your Ride

1,700+
Annual non-traffic fatalities
840,000+
Annual ER visits from vehicle incidents
50%
Reduction in backovers since backup camera mandate
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Deaths in trunks with release mechanisms

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