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PLEASE NOTE: The Utah SAFE KIDS Coalition now has a new Web site which can be found at www.utahsafekids.org.

• NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD ALONE campaign launched by Primary Children's Medical Center and Safe Kids Utah. Between 1998 and 2007, nearly 360 children in the U.S. died as a result of being left alone in a car. By leaving your children unattended in a vehicle for even a few minutes, you are needlessly risking their lives. Website has links to videos on how to prevent child deaths from being left in hot cars and backovers, prevention tips, and risk factors.
• Raising Safe Kids: One State at a Time. Safety campaign focused on child development and injury risk to children 14 and under. Parent-friendly website provides age-specific safety tips, weekly rotating safety tips and information, videos, and more. You can also download the research report that was used to develop the campaign.
• Safe Kids Week, April 25 - May 2 - Free car seat checks, bike rodeos, and safety fairs will be held across the state throughout April, May, and June by Safe Kids Coalitions and local health departments. Find an event near you and learn how to keep your child safe!
• Watch a short video about Safe Kids Week
• Could your child survive a car crash? - news release, information on National Child Passenger Safety Week and more!
• Find a car seat inspection site in your community! Or call
  801-662-CARS (2277)
• CDC Childhood Injury Report: Patterns of Unintentional Injuries among 0-19 Year Olds in the United States, 2000-2006
• Protect the Ones You Love: Child Injuries Are Preventable - find fact sheets, podcasts, e-cards, and media and event planning tools to help parents keep their children safe.

From 1999-2003, more than 560 Utah children died needlessly from unintentional injuries. Every year, the lives of more than 110 children are cut short in motor vehicle crashes, falls, drownings, poisonings and bike and pedestrian crashes.

Unintentional injury is consistently the leading cause of death for Utah children ages 1-19. More children die from injuries than from cancer, birth defects, pneumonia and suicide combined.

The Utah SAFE KIDS Coalition was organized in 1995 to address the issue of childhood injuries, and to look for ways to keep children safer. The coalition includes representatives from private business, government organizations, hospitals, schools and child advocacy groups. The coalition’s mission is simple – To make Utah a safer place for children by preventing unintentional injuries and fatalities through:

1. raising community awareness;
2. influencing policies;
3. promoting safety; and
4. establishing private/public partnerships.

There are now SAFE KIDS Coalitions and Chapters in every corner of the state. They are staffed by injury prevention specialists whose major efforts include bike helmet education and car seat education and inspections. They’re also available to answer questions about any of your child safety concerns.