Statistics
Revised May 30, 2008
4 R Kids Sake maintains a national database for tracking statistics of children left unattended in or around cars. Currently, there is no federal or state surveillance system in place to track these injuries and fatalities. Therefore, it should be noted that the data reflected represents only a small percentage of the actual cases occuring within the United States.
2008
213 Incidents
Involving 298 Children
Resulting in 37 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
21 - Back-overs
0 - Car Fires
1 - Carbon Monoxide
0 - Drowning
4 - Hyperthermia
1 - Other
0 - Power Equipment
9 - Struck by Vehicle
1 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2008 Fatalities
View Graph of 2000-2008 Hyperthermia Fatalities
View 2008 Hyperthermia Cases by Date
View Study "Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles"
View Map for 2008 Heat Related Fatalities
Cases in the News
2007
749 Incidents
Involving 959 Children
Resulting in 185 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
84 - Back-overs
2 - Car Fires
0 - Carbon Monoxide
4 - Drowning
35 - Hyperthermia
3 - Other
0 - Power Equipment
41 - Struck by Vehicle
15 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2007 Fatalities
View Graph of 2000-2007 Hyperthermia Fatalities
View 2007 Hyperthermia Cases by Date
View Study "Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles"
View Map for 2007 Heat Related Fatalities
Cases in the News
2006
563 Incidents
Involving 740 Children
Resulting in 130 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
55 - Back-overs
2 - Car Fires
0 - Carbon Monoxide
29 - Hyperthermia
3 - Other
2 - Power Equipment
25 - Struck by Vehicle
0 - Trunk Entrapment - Suffocation
13 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2006 Fatalities
View Graph of 2000-2006 Hyperthermia Fatalities
View 2006 Hyperthermia Cases by Date
View Study "Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles"
View Map for 2006 Heat Related Fatalities
2005
432 Incidents
Involving 513
Children
Resulting in 153 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
85 - Back-overs
2 - Carbon Monoxide
42 - Hyperthermia
3 - Power Equipment
3 - Seat Belt Entanglement
5 - Struck by Vehicle
3 - Trunk Entrapment - Suffocation
10 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2005 Fatalities
View Graph of 2000-2006 Hyperthermia Fatalities
View 2005 Hyperthermia Cases by Date
View Study "Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles"
View Map for 2005 Heat Related Fatalities
2004
436 Incidents
Involving 560
Children
Resulting in 120 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
54 - Back-overs
36 - Hyperthermia
8 - Power Equipment
7 - Struck by Vehicle
3 - Unattended in a Car - Gunshot
1 - Unknown Cause
11 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2004 Fatalities
View Map for 2004 Heat Related Fatalities
2003
573 Incidents
Involving 713 Children
Resulting in 141 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
70 - Back-over(s)
4 - Car Fire(s)
4 - Carbon Monoxide
42 - Hyperthermia (Includes: 11 Car Entrapment & 1 Trunk Entrapment)
0 - Other
1 - Power Equipment
2 - Strangulation
3 - Struck by Vehicle
15 - Vehicle in Motion
View Graph of 2003 Fatalities
View Map for 2003 Heat Related Fatalities
2002
430 Incidents
Involving 587 Children
Resulting in 116 Fatalities
Fatalities by Type:
59 - Back-over(s)
3 - Car Fire(s)
31 - Hyperthermia (Heat stroke)
4 - Power Equipment
1 - Strangulation (Child Restraint Strap)
1 - Struck by Vehicle
14 - Vehicle in Motion
3 - Other/Unknown
2001:
376 Incidents
Involving 454 Children
Resulting
in 92 Fatalities
2000:
321 Incidents
Involving 414 Children
Resulting
in 71 Fatalities
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