Concerned Families for ATV Safety

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WELCOME TO CONCERNED FAMILIES FOR ATV SAFETY

Concerned Families for ATV Safety is a network of parents dedicated to reducing injuries and death among children driving powerful All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). We offer support to victim’s families and provide families with information and resources to make informed decisions about their children and ATVs. Through public education we work to raise awareness of the need for adequate, common sense safety standards that keep children under 16 off ATVs, and for enforcement of ATV laws.

The consumer Product safety commission released its new data on deaths and injuries related to ATV's. You can view these reports here: 2011 CPSC Safety Report | 2010 CPSC Safety Report | 2009 CPSC Safety Report. While the numbers seem to have decreased these past few years it's important to note that these are only ESTIMATED numbers and they will go up for at least a few more years before the total of deaths and injuries are complete.

ATV ALERT: A new national report on ATV accidents shows a 150 percent increase in injuries to children younger than 18 between 1997 and 2006. Hospitalizations for moderate to severe brain injuries tripled. Think, parents, think!

[05.01.13]
YOUR HEALTH: Bottom line: children not safe driving ATV’s
www.standard-freeholder.com

As we approach summer, many people are now starting to drive their All Terrain Vehicles (ATV).

I thought it would be a good time to discuss ATV safety, particularly among children and youth. Below are some ATV-related facts compiled and adapted from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Safe Kids Canada and the Canadian Pediatric Society.

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[04.02.13]
Quad bike fatalities costly - but manufacturers fail to act
ACFAHAS Press Release

Two newspapers released today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health have highlighted the costs associated with fatal quad bike incidents and compared the behavior of the quads industry in opposing safety improvements to that of tobacco companies.

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[03.05.13]
Consumer group, docs warn against ATV use by children
www.tirebusiness.com

WASHINGTON (March 5, 2013) — No child under the age of 16 should be allowed to drive or ride an all-terrain vehicle, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA)warned in a joint press release.

While child deaths from ATV accidents decreased slightly in 2011, according to the latest statistics from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 57 children nonetheless died that year in ATV crashes, and another 29,000 were hurt seriously enough to require emergency treatment, the two organizations said.

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