Home » Links to Statistics
- Consumer Product Safety Commission 2021 Annual Report
- Median age for childhood injuries is 12 years of age
- 31 kids injured on ATVs per day, new Nationwide Children’s study shows
- “Head injuries are the most prevalent of serious ATV injuries, according to Dr. Jim Heron, an emergency room physician at Marquette General Hospital. “
- At Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital emergency room in St Louis Missouri, 80 children were treated for ATV-related injuries in 16 months— from Jan 2020 to May, 2021.
- Primary Children’s Hospital reports 34% increase in ATV accidents involving kids
- Island Park EMS President Ray Ball says they have seen a big increase in ATV accidents this year
- Children were 1,000 times more likely to be injured riding on an ATV than riding in a car, according to the Utah Department of Health. “
- We have seen a dramatic increase in the kids that come in with injuries from ATVs as compared to previous years
- Children under 16 years of age account for nearly one quarter of ATV-related deaths in Canada, according to the Canadian Paediatric Society
- “very little of the individuals involved in some of the fatal accidents were wearing a helmet,”
- “This year, Crandall said, doctors have seen five to ten incidents a month and up to two or three deaths every month, mostly because of ATV traumatic brain injuries.”
- “More kids in the U.S. under 16 die from ATVs than bicycle crashes,” Jennissen said, emphasizing children younger than 16 – not teenagers.
