ATV Safety Fact Sheet
Lisa Decker, Children’s Safety Network
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). Nonfatal ATV Injuries, US 1999-2003. Average Annual Aggregate Costs (Year 2000 Dollars). (Unpublished data from the Children’s Safety Network Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center) Nov.2004.
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Lister DG, Carl J, 3rd, Morgan JH, 3rd et al. Pediatric all-terrain vehicle trauma: A 5-year statewide experience. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1998 Jul;33(7):1081-3.
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Lynch JM, Gardner MJ, Worsey J. The continuing problem of all-terrain vehicle injuries in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1998 Feb;33(2):329-32.
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Murphy N, Yanchar NL. Yet more pediatric injuries associated with all-terrain vehicles: Should kids be using them? The Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2004 Jun;56(6):1185-90.
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Bercher DL, Staley K, Turner LW, Aitken M. Pediatric injuries resulting from use of all-terrain vehicles. The Journal of Arkansas Medical Society. 2001 Apr;97(10):351-3.
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Helmkamp JC. ATV-related deaths in West Virginia: 1990-2003. The West Virginia Medical Journal. 2003 Nov-Dec;99(6):224-7.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Accident and Poison Prevention. All-terrain vehicle injury prevention: Two-,Three-, and Four-Wheeled Unlicensed Motor Vehicles. Pediatrics. 2000;105;1352-4.
For more information:
Children’s Safety Network
Phone: 800-662-6900
nccrahs@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
www.childrenssafetynetwork.org
From the National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control, 2005. www.cdc.gov.