Cars have been a long-standing nemesis of children, consistently taking young lives in car-pedestrian accidents each year. The information below explores the problem of child pedestrian deaths:

Statistics on kids hit by cars

• Traffic fatalities among children rose 5.5% in 2015 (the most recent year available at the time). According to a 2017 transportation department report, nearly 1/2 of all weekday child-pedestrian fatalities occur before and after school in the 6:00 to 9:00 am and the 3:00 to 6:00 pm time period. (Chalter, 2017)

Street safety resources for kids

For more information on how to protect your children, see our free street safety for kids resources.

References:

Chalter, A.M. (2017, Sept. 21) “Schools fight morning gridlock,” Wall Street Journal, p. A14