On the recordJune 27, 2001
Mr. Speaker, in the last 25 years, the Nation has made significant gains in child passenger safety. Since 1975, child restraint systems have saved the lives of more than 4,000 children involved in automobile crashes. During that time, the fatality rate for children has decreased steadily; however, the number of deaths has not dropped rapidly due to population increases and a doubling of highway travel. In 1999, 1,135 children, 10 years of age and under were killed; and 182,000 were injured in highway crashes. Child restraint systems are effective. In 1998, only 8 percent of all children under age 5 rode unrestrained, but they accounted for more than half of all child-occupant fatalities.
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