TY - JOUR PY - 1979// TI - Children in motor vehicles. never too young to die JO - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association A1 - Baker, Susan Pardee A1 - Karwacki, J. J. SP - 2848 EP - 2851 VL - 242 IS - 26 N2 - In a series of 89 children less than 15 years old who were killed as motor vehicle occupants, children under 1 year of age were greatly overrepresented. Only three children were using child restraint systems or seat belts. Eight were traveling on their parents' laps. Head injuries predominated and were most common in the youngest children. Children under age 1 were the most likely to have reached the hospital alive. The high death rate for very young children was not explained by the circumstances of the crashes or by the age distribution of children involved in all crashes. LA - SN - 0098-7484 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -