Personal Injury Law

Study Shows Children between 12 and 16 Increase Deaths in Car Crashes

By Beth Janicek

A study from the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows children ages 12-16 are more likely to die in a car crash than children younger than 12.

Of the nearly 10,000 passenger deaths studied by the CHOP researchers, more than half (54.4 percent) were riding with a driver under age 20; nearly two-thirds were unrestrained; and more than three-quarters of the crashes occurred on roads with posted speed limits above 45-miles- per-hour. Alcohol was also a factor in one-fifth of the fatal crashes. Previous research has shown that as children grow into adolescence, they are more likely to ride in cars with drivers other than their parents, such as classmates, friends, or older siblings.

Full post as published by San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).