Annual Report of ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) Deaths and Injuries, 2006

摘要

This report presents the 2006 annual update of information collected by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff on deaths and injuries related to the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). The updates include information on ATV-related deaths based on data available to CPSC staff as of December 31, 2006, as well as information on ATV-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. This report begins with a brief overview of CPSC's ATV-related activities. This is followed by a summary of ATV-related fatality counts derived from CPSC staff data and a dicussion of reported ATV-related deaths involving children younger then 16 years of age. Then, using the counts of ATV-related fatalities reported to CPSC staff, annual estimates of ATV-related deaths are presented, together with estimates of the annual risk of death per 10,000 four-wheel ATVs in use. Next, the report provides estimates of ATV-related, hospital emergency room-treated injuries, together with estimates of the annual risk of injury per 10,000 four-wheel ATVs in use. The report concludes with a short discussion of the patterns of ATV-related deaths and injuries over time.