Stay Seen this Halloween with Halloween Safety Tips
While Halloween is a time to make memories trick-or- treating, it is also one of the most dangerous times of the year for children walking. Approximately 41.1 million children will participate in trick-or-treat this year and being so, we must be ever so vigilant that we are doing all we can to keep our streets safe for our trick-or-treaters this Halloween. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 30% of those involved in fatal motor vehicle accidents on Halloween are pedestrians, nearly twice as much as on any other day of the year.
We have compiled a list of resources to help keep trick-or-treaters safe this year and while it is no means exhaustive, we hope that it helps. Feel free to share and stay safe and be seen this Halloween!
Sources:
United States Census Bureau:
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2017/cb17-ff18-halloween.html
American College of Emergency Physicians:
http://newsroom.acep.org/Emergency-Physicians-Provide-Halloween-Safety-Tips-for-Parents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
https://www.cdc.gov/family/halloween/index.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00049687.htm
National Safety Council:
https://www.nsc.org/home-safety/tools-resources/seasonal-safety/autumn/halloween
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/road-users/pedestrians/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/halloween-safety-tips#halloween-safety-tips-pedestrians
https://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/get-materials/drunk-driving/buzzed-driving-drunk-driving/halloween-buzzed-driving
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