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National Heatstroke Prevention Day

05/01/2021 All day

May 1, 2022 is National Heatstroke Prevention Day

906 children have died due to vehicular heatstroke since 1998. Yet, all these deaths could have been prevented. Sadly, these are the statistics as of January 27, 2022 (https://www.noheatstroke.org/index.htm):

  • Child heatstroke fatalities in 2021: 23
  • Child heatstroke fatalities in 2020: 25 (lower than average because of the pandemic)
  • Child heatstroke fatalities in 2019: 53
  • Child heatstroke fatalities in 2018: 53
  • National average of child heatstroke fatalities per year since 1998: 38

Please share these campaign materials with parents, caregivers, schools, and traffic safety advocates to remind everyone to

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Date:
05/01/2021
Event Categories:
Awareness Event, Transportation Construction Safety
Website:
https://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/get-materials/child-safety/heatstroke-prevention

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