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Backover Car, SUV, Pickup Truck Accidents: A National
Tragedy |
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| The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration
(NHTSA) estimates that backover accidents involving
all types of vehicle cause at least 183 fatalities
annually, and many of the victims are children.
In addition, between 6,700 and 7,419 injuries result
from back up crashes involving cars, SUVs, pickup
truck and other vehicles. |
| Based on its research, the national non-profit
organization KIDS
AND CARS states that "every
year, thousands of children are hurt or die
because a driver backing up didn't see them." Most
of the victims are less than two years-old,
and over 60% of the tragedies involved a larger
size vehicle such a truck, van or SUV. While
back up incidents can happen in any vehicle
because all vehicles have a blind zone, KIDS
AND CARS notes that larger vehicles tend to
have larger blind zones. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
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in vehicle accidents. Click
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| To keep children safe, KIDS AND CARS recommends
that parents and drivers undertake the following
safety measures: |
- Walk around and behind a vehicle prior to
moving it.
- Know where your kids are. Make children move
away from your vehicle to a place where they
are in full view before moving the car and
know that another adult is properly supervising
children before moving your vehicle.
- Teach children that "parked" vehicles
might move. Let them know that they can
see the vehicle; but the driver might not be
able to see them.
- Consider installing cross view mirrors,
audible collision detectors, rear view
video camera and/or some type of back up
detection device.
- Measure the size of your blind zone (area)
behind the vehicles you drive. A 5-foot-1-inch
driver in a pickup truck can have a rear
blind spot of 8 feet wide by 50 feet long.
- Be aware that steep inclines and large
SUV’s,
vans and trucks add to the difficulty of seeing
behind a vehicle.
- Hold child's hand when leaving the
vehicle.
Teach your children to never
play in, around or behind a vehicle and always set the emergency brake.- Keep toys and other sports equipment
off the driveway.
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- Homeowners should trim landscaping around the driveway to ensure they can see the sidewalk, street and pedestrians clearly when backing out of their driveway. Pedestrians also need to be able to see a vehicle pulling out of the driveway.
- Never leave children alone in or around
cars; not even for a minute.
- Keep vehicles locked at all times; even
in the garage or driveway and always set your parking brake.
- Keys and/or remote openers should never be left within reach
of children.
- Always make sure all child passengers
have left the car after it is parked.
- Be especially careful about keeping
children safe in and around cars
during busy times, schedule changes and
periods of crisis or holidays
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| Several technologies exist which can help
reduce backover accidents, including rear video
cameras and sensors. Wendy R. Fleishman, a
partner at Lieff Cabraser, commented, "If
all companies agreed to install safety systems
on all of their large vehicles, millions of
children nationwide would no longer be at risk
of being the victim of a backover crash." |
| "We know young children are impulsive
and have poor appreciation of risks obvious
to adults," stated attorney Fabrice
N. Vincent of Lieff Cabraser. "Every
life is precious and automobile and truck makers,
owners and operators should take action now
to stop scores of toddlers from being killed
year after year simply because they were in
the blind zone of large vehicles." |
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| If you were injured in a backover accident, you
may be eligible to bring a lawsuit against the
driver of the vehicle, his or her employer and
the manufacturer of the vehicle for the suffering
and pain inflicted, cost of past and future medical
expenses and your lost wages. In the case of the
death of the victim, family members may bring a
wrongful death action. |
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injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser for a free, prompt
review of your case. Or feel free to contact attorney
Fabrice Vincent toll free at 1-800-541-7358. |
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