Motor Vehicle Occupant Deaths in Young Children
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TL;DR
The second and third months of age are a period of especially high risk for infants in the US, and more attention should be focused on protecting infants from injury and death resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
Abstract
Motor vehicle occupant deaths of US children aged 0 to 12 years were analyzed. Surprisingly, the death rate is highest for children less than 6 months old: 9.0/100,000, dropping to 4.5/100,000 for 1-year-olds and about 3/100,000 for children aged 6 to 12. The second and third months of age are a period of especially high risk. More attention should therefore be focused on protecting infants from injury and death resulting from motor vehicle crashes.