According to this study, more than 900 of the nearly 1,800 children who died in car crashes in 2003 weren't restrained, and about 600 of them were riding in the front seat.
The study found children were 40 percent safer in the back seat than the front in car crashes, and the risk of injury dropped to less than two percent when safety seats and seat belts were used.
Safety improvements and increased safety seat and seat belt use have reduced child fatality rates to 1.5 per 100 million miles driven in 2003 from 2.3 per 100 million miles in 1988, Winston says.
For considerably more detail on the survey and child car safety in general, consumers can check out the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at www.chop.edu/carseat, State Farm Insurance ad www.statefarm.com, and the American Academy of Pediatrics at www.aap.org.
The study found children were 40 percent safer in the back seat than the front in car crashes, and the risk of injury dropped to less than two percent when safety seats and seat belts were used.
Safety improvements and increased safety seat and seat belt use have reduced child fatality rates to 1.5 per 100 million miles driven in 2003 from 2.3 per 100 million miles in 1988, Winston says.
For considerably more detail on the survey and child car safety in general, consumers can check out the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at www.chop.edu/carseat, State Farm Insurance ad www.statefarm.com, and the American Academy of Pediatrics at www.aap.org.