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Auto safety agency urges caregivers to think ‘Where’s baby? Look before you lock.’
LOUISVILLE, KY – With the Kentucky summer already heating up, David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), today joined SafeKids Worldwide, Kentucky Department of Transportation officials and health professionals to discuss ways to prevent child deaths and injuries in hot cars and urge parents and caregivers to think "Where's baby? Look before you lock."
Auto safety agency urges caregivers to think ‘Where’s baby? Look before you lock.’
Our new infographic shows what parents and caregivers need to know about heatstroke.
Does it ever seem like Washington isn’t listening to us? Well, recently the Senate Appropriations Committee sent a message that they were hearing us.
DETROIT – As summer temperatures continue to climb, so does the risk of child injuries and deaths due to heatstroke. To help raise awareness of this issue, the General Motors Foundation is providing $200,000 to Safe Kids Worldwide to support the organization’s Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Car campaign.
Dads more likely to leave children in cars; bystanders see kids left in cars but don’t always act
Washington, D.C. – Despite the dangers of leaving young children alone in hot cars, an alarming number of parents, particularly dads and those with children three years of age and under, say they have left their children alone in a parked car, according to a national online survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies of Washington, D.C.
This blog was written by Isabelle Shafer, Safe Kids communication summer intern.
I grew up in South Florida, so I know how hot the inside of a car can get. When I was in high school, my friends and I would have to open our car doors and wait in the parking lot for the inside to cool down enough for us to get in. From time to time as I was growing up, I also heard stories about cars being so hot that kids left alone in them had died.
Record Numbers of Children Dying in Vehicles This Week
Tareka Wheeler, Director of U.S Programs for Safe Kids Worldwide, talks to NBC’s Today Show about never leaving a child alone in a car. Heatstroke is the leading cause of non-crash, vehicle-related deaths for children, and it can happen to anyone, anywhere. On average, every 10 days a child dies from heatstroke in a vehicle. These tragedies are 100% preventable.