Statistics

The statistics are sobering and heartbreaking. According to WheresBaby.org:

• An average of 38 children have died in hot cars each year in the USA since 1998. That's one child death every 9 days.

• Since 1998, more than 700 children have died in vehicles from heat stroke in the USA.

• More than 70% of heat stroke deaths occur in children younger than age 2.

• More than half of heat stroke deaths occur because a caregiver forgot the child in the car.

• Roughly 30% of heat stroke deaths occur because the child got in the car without a caregiver knowing and couldn't get out.

• Nearly 20% of deaths occur because a caregiver intentionally left the child in the car.

Reference:

Connecticut Dept of Transportation, et al. “Where's Baby? Look Before You Lock”, 2020 https://www.wheresbaby.org/