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Key Facts
• Since 2000, an average of approximately 1,900 children ages 14 and under have
died in a motor vehicle-related incident each year.
• In 2009, 1,314 children ages 14 and under died in a motor vehicle-related incident as
occupants,...
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Key Facts
• Since 2000, an average of approximately 1,900 children ages 14 and under have
died in a motor vehicle-related incident each year.
• In 2009, 1,314 children ages 14 and under died in a motor vehicle-related incident as
occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.
• In 2009, more than 179,000 children were nonfatally injured in motor vehicle-related incidents.
• In 2008, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of injury-related death to children ages 1 to 14 and
the second leading cause of injury-related death for children under 1 year of age.
2000-2009 Unintentional Motor Vehicle-Related Deaths Among Children
(United States, Ages 14 and Under)
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500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
2,363
2,209
2,104 2,141 2,172
1,955
1,798
1,680
1,350 1,314
Year
Number
of
Deaths
• In 2008, 968 child occupants ages 14 and under died in motor vehicle crashes.
• Since 2001, an average of 227,000 ch
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