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Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Children 2007
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Indiana University. Center for Criminal Justice Research
Author(s): Dona Sapp
Funder(s): Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Funder(s): Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Topic: Transportation (Traffic and traffic regulation)
Keywords: children; traffic safety
Type: Report
Coverage: Indiana
Abstract:
In 2007, over 5,000 children were injured or killed in Indiana motor vehicle collisions. Approximately seven percent of these injuries were serious or life threatening. This fact sheet summarizes data trends, safety legislation, and other research at the national, state, and local levels on traffic collisions involving children between 2003 and 2007.