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Bookmark or Share- Hot Car Deaths - Injury FactsOn average, 37 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. Nearly every state has experienced at least one death since 1998. In both 2018 and 2019 a record number of 53 children died after being left in a hot vehicle.
- No Heat StrokeHeatstroke Deaths of Children in Vehicles. 1008 children have died in hot cars due to Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) since 1998. All of these deaths could have been prevented. Updated November 16, 2024
- Child Heatstroke Prevention: Prevent Hot Car Deaths | NHTSAOver the past 25 years, more than 1,000 children have died of heatstroke, because they were left or became trapped in a hot car. It’s important for everyone to understand these tragedies can happen to anyone – but are always preventable.
- At least 3 young children died in the span of a week after ...CNN — At least three people across the United States are facing charges related to the deaths of young children left in hot cars during one scorching week in the US. A 2-month-old in New...
- Hot Car Deaths - Data Details - Injury FactsThe interactive chart allows you to explore vehicle-related heatstroke deaths among children by year, month, outside ambient temperature, state, and sex. Hot car deaths have been recorded for ambient air temperatures as low as 13°F and in nearly every state.
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