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SUV's Not Safer for Kids
Researchers writing in the current issue of Pediatrics--(click for link to this research) say they have found little difference in injuries looking at crashes involving passenger cars and S.U.V.'s. The lead author of the study was Dr. Lauren Daly of the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del.
Many parents believe that S.U.V.'s are safer and buy them to protect their children.
This belief, however, was not the case when the researchers looked at data from crashes in which almost 4,000 children were traveling in either S.U.V.'s or cars.
Rollovers occurred twice as often in S.U.V.'s, the study found, and children were three times as likely to be injured in rollovers than in other kinds of accidents. Use of proper restraining devices is important in all cars and especially important in S.U.V.'s because of the greater incidence of rollovers.
The study does suggest that pediatricians should advise S.U.V.-owning parents to make sure their children are properly restrained.
With S.U.V.'s, the new study reports, whatever benefits come with the added weight are erased by the higher risk of rolling over.Post a comment
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