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Restraint Use Among Fatally Injured Children In Passenger Vehicles By Age, 2017
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    Under 1 year 1 to 3 4 to 8 9 to 12 Total
Unrestrained Number 18 32 79 89 218
  Percent 23% 19% 32% 49% 32%
Safety belt Number 1 11 63 73 244
  Percent 1% 6% 25% 40% 36%
Child safety seat Number 52 116 75 1 244
  Percent 68% 68% 30% 1% 36%
Total restrained Number 53 127 138 74 392
  Percent 69% 75% 56% 41% 58%
Unknown Number 6 11 31 19 67
  Percent 8% 6% 12% 10% 10%
Total Number 77 170 248 182 677
  Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

 

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Restraint Use Among Fatally Injured Children In Passenger Vehicles By Age, 1985
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    Under 1 year 1 to 3 4 to 8 9 to 12 Total
Unrestrained Number 85 230 267 223 805
  Percent 65% 71% 69% 77% 71%
Safety belt Number 2 18 41 21 82
  Percent 2% 6% 11% 7% 7%
Child safety seat Number 29 55 7 0 91
  Percent 22% 17% 2% 0% 8%
Total restrained Number 31 73 48 21 173
  Percent 24% 22% 12% 7% 15%
Unknown Number 14 23 70 46 153
  Percent 11% 7% 18% 16% 14%
Total Number 130 326 385 290 1,131
  Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.