ATV Rollover Accidents - In the News
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Newscom 9/21/2006: Alarm Sounded: The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is now warning about the dangers of all-terrain vehicles.
The number of ATVs in use in the United States has increased from 2 million to more than 6.9 million in the past decade. From 1982 through 2004, there were nearly 6,500 deaths involving ATVs. In 2004, an estimated 136,000 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for ATV-related injuries -- many life-altering. In 2003, an estimated 740 people died nationwide in ATV incidents. About 30 percent of all deaths and injuries involve children younger than 16.
CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord said Thursday, ATVs are not toys, especially adult ATVs, which can travel at 60 miles per hour and weigh up to 800 pounds. There have been too many children killed while driving or riding as a passenger on adult ATVs. The safety commission wants to make the current voluntary safety standards mandatory for the ATV industry. It also wants regulations that would ban three wheeled ATVs, and set up three youth size ATV categories. In Washington state ATVs must be licensed by the owner, but there is no age requirement for riders. The vehicles are not allowed on public roads. Copyright 2006 by UPI.
ATV Injuries Continue to Rise: The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that 35 witnesses have registered to testify about all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety at the commission's regional public hearings to be held on June 5, 2003. Estimated ATV-related injuries in the U.S. have doubled in a recent 5-year period and deaths also continue to climb. The witnesses include doctors, researchers, ATV dealers, riders, advocates and families of victims from ATV-related crashes. "The diversity of views is exactly what we want to hear at the ATV safety hearing," said CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton. "We are concerned about the disproportionate increase in the number of deaths and injuries associated with ATV use in recent years, and we hope the hearing will help us understand the causes of these deaths and injuries." ATV injuries requiring an emergency room visit increased by 104 percent from an estimated 54,700 in 1997 to 111,700 in 2001. In 2001, about a third of these victims were under 16 years old. In this same period the estimated number of ATV drivers increased 36 percent, driving hours grew 50 percent and the number of ATVs increased 40 percent, according to a recent commission analysis.For 1999, the last year for which death records are substantially complete, the commission has reports of 357 people who died as a result of ATV use, up from 251 in 1998 and 241 in 1997.
Aledo student dies in ATV wreck - Fort Worth Star Telegram, Texas - Feb 26, 2007 ALEDO -- A 17-year-old Aledo High School student died early Sunday and another teenager was injured after being in an all terrain vehicle accident.
Girl, 8, killed in ATV wreck
Dan X. McGraw Star-Telegram Staff Writer
TARRANT COUNTY - An 8-year-old girl died Saturday night when an all-terrain vehicle rolled over, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office reported. Brittany Cantrell of Burleson was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. in the 13000 block of Rendon Road in unincorporated Tarrant County, the office reported. A family friend and Cantrell were riding the vehicle when there was a wreck and Cantrell, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown from the vehicle, said Terry Grisham, a Tarrant County Sheriff's Department spokesman. The vehicle rolled over and landed on Cantrell, Grisham said. No one else was hurt.
Nine year Old Texas Boy Killed
A nine-year-old boy died in an ATV accident in nearby Newton County, Texas...
14-year-old Longview boy killed in ATV crash
Lufkin Daily News, Texas - Mar 20, 2007. Hicks had been riding behind a friend, who turned around and discovered the accident when he noticed (Hicks) was no longer on the trail, Dickerson said.
ATV accident injures man with no helmet
KVIA, Texas - Jan 31, 2007. Emergency crews tell ABC-7 Manuel Ramirez was not wearing a helmet while riding the ATV around 5 o'clock Sunday evening on Snoqualime, just off of Montana.
Man dies after Sunday ATV accident
Sequoyah County Times, OK - Mar 29, 2007. A 20-year-old Arkansas man died Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident that occurred near Moffett. Justin K. Sisco of Prairie Grove, Ark.
Two seriously injured in Wareham ATV accident
SouthCoastToday.com, MA - Mar 26, 2007. "A man and a woman on one ATV were on posted and gated property, so the ATV was trespassing," Ms. Capone said. "They crossed a cranberry dike, ...
ATV crash kills woman in Kiowa County
KSWO, OK - Mar 19, 2007 Investigators are still trying to figure out how the accident happened. They're waiting to notify the victim's next of kin before they release her identity. ...
ATV bill again before solons
Orangeburg Times Democrat, SC - Mar 17, 2007 ... first introduced the bill in the House in January 2004 following the death of 16-year-old Chandler Saylor of Swansea in an ATV accident in 2003. ...
ATV rollover injures teen
St. Augustine Record, FL - Feb 27, 2007 A 17-year-old St. Augustine South boy injured in an ATV accident Sunday remains at Shands Jacksonville in critical condition. ...
ATV accident claims life of child
The Times and Democrat, SC - Feb 26, 2007. Porth said Ayers, of 3756 Homestead Road, Bowman, was riding on the back of the ATV driven by her 13-year-old brother when they got to close to a 13-foot ...
ATV safety bill approved
MU The Parthenon, WV - Feb 22, 2007
ATV safety awareness Coordinator Mark Holmes said plans are to use the State Police accident form for all ATV wrecks, and the state doesn't compile ...
ISSUE Teen Killed In ATV Accident In Rockcastle County
WTVQ, KY - Feb 22, 2007 ... of Mount Vernon had been riding an ATV on the roadway when he fell off and struck his head. Kirby was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. ...
ATV accident hurts 2
Kennebec Journal, ME - Feb 11, 2007 The accident occurred around 4:15 pm on Firlotte Lane. Game Warden Daniel Murray said Kevin Lindman was operating the ATV and Lane Burnham, 11, ...
Calif. search and rescue team founder dies
FireRescue1, CA - Feb 9, 2007 Friday, November 24, 47 year old volunteer Joe Burton was killed in an ATV (all terrain vehicle) accident on Trout Creek Rd. south of Long Barn.
ATV safety legislation introduced in House
Daily Mail - Charleston, WV - Feb 8, 2007 ...incident form that describes all known ATV accidents and orders the Division of Highways to include the forms in its annual traffic accident analysis. ...
Parsons Sun
Parsons Sun, KS - Feb 7, 2007 A Parsons man, left paralyzed after an autumn ATV accident, has had plenty of company since he returned home from a three-month hospital stay in Colorado. ...
Boy, 9, unscathed after fiery ATV crash; adult supervisor faces charges
SalemNews.com, MA - Feb 6, 2007 ...
Middleton, the driver of the Chevrolet Ventura that apparently struck the ATV. He was heading toward North Reading at the time of the accident. ...
Man Killed In ATV Accident In Skagit County
Mount Vernon, Wash. - Feb 4, 2007 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- Skagit county medics reported that a man was killed in an all terrain vehicle accident Saturday near Lake Cavanaugh. ...
Keystone man dies in weekend ATV accident
Bradford County Telegraph, FL - Feb 1, 2007 He added that emergency personnel could not be sure, but thought the ATV rider had suffered a broken neck and a possible broken femur. ...
Resident seriously injured in ATV accident
The Community Journal, MA - Feb 1, 2007 Ashburnham resident Harry Clermont, 66, was injured in snowmobiling accident on Sunday, Jan. 28 near Stodge Meadow Pond. Ashburnham and Ashby police ...
Williamson Co. Teen Killed In ATV Accident
WKRN, TN - Jan 29, 2007 According to investigators, he was thrown from the vehicle after he lost control and hit a ditch. The teen was wearing a helmet, but ATV's are not legally ...
01-19-07: Deadly Inaction on ATV Safety
Many say actions should be taken to prevent the increase of ATV accidents in young children, starting with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; which has passed up multiple opportunities over the past 20 years. ATV safety such as adding seatbelts, age restriction for ATV riders and rollover bars added to ATVs should be addressed.
01-08-07: Toddler killed in ATV rollover
An ATV accident investigation is underway after an ATV overturned, killing a boy. The ATVs front wheels turned after the mother stopped the vehicle using the remote cut-off switch, causing the quad rollover.
01-04-07: ATV Rollover Injures One
Man was injured after an ATV rollover. The borrowed Suzuki ATV tipped over on top of him while he was riding up an embankment. Name of man and extent of injury was not yet released.
12-31-07: One Dead In Indiana County ATV Accident
37-year-old Robert Lenhart of Buffington Township died after authorities say his ATV overturned. Lenhart attempted to climb an embankment with his ATV when the quad rolled over
10-27-06: Woman dies in ATV rollover accident
50 year old Peggy Robinson was killed Wednesday in an ATV rollover accident in Star Valley. Payson Police Department Commander Don Engler reported she may have accelerated to free the ATV from rocks when the front end lifted and the quad rolled over on top of her.
10-27-06: Man killed in ATV rollover in Box Elder
Sheriff's Chief Deputy Lynn Yates reported an 18 year old man was killed after his ATV overturned, landing on top of him. The cause of the ATV rollover accident is unknown at this time.
08-03-06: Hazards Associated with All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) in the Workplace
All-terrain vehicles are used in workplaces such as law enforcement, farming, construction, oil production and more. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a report in the fall of 2005 indicating that ATV related fatalities moved from 29 in 1982 to 470 in 2004.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles would be banned and four-wheelers intended for children wouldn't go faster than 15 mph, under rules suggested Thursday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission's staff. The recommendations would also require ATV manufacturers to offer free training to families when they buy ATVs.
"Limiting maximum speed is the most critical safety factor for youth ATV models," the commission staff...
Published on 2006-06-02, Page A3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)