Safe Kids Wayne County is dedicated to the prevention of accidental childhood injuries.  The coalition couples public outreach and awareness efforts with hands-on educational activities for children and their families.  The aim of Safe Kids is to involve and educate the community in childhood safety issues.  One of the main focus areas of this coalition is child passenger safety through car seat checks.
Safe Kids Brochure

Did You Know?
Injuries are the second leading cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of emergency room visits among children under age 19.

Each year, approximately 1,800 children ages 19 and under are killed as occupants in motor vehicles, and more than 280,000 are injured.

910 children have died due to pediatric vehicular heatstroke since 1998. Data from www.noheatstroke.org.

500 children ages 19 and under are seen in emergency rooms for heat exhaustion in cars each year, based on annualized estimates from 2008 to 2010.

Heatstroke is the number one cause of non‐crash, vehicle‐related death in children ages 19 and under.

The annual cost of child injury deaths in the United States is an estimated $34.5 billion (US dollars).

A correctly installed and used child safety seat reduces the risk of death by 71% for infants.  However, it is estimated that the majority (approx. 82%) of children who are placed in child safety seats are improperly restrained.

Is your child’s car seat installed correctly?

Call us to have your child’s safety seat inspected by a national certified Child Passenger Safety Technician. You can also visit Buckle Up North Carolina.

Did you receive child passenger safety violation? Call us to enroll in our Diversion Safety Class ($25 fee)

WAYNE COUNTY Safe Kids covers the following safety areas:

Cars and Road Safety: Child passenger safety, in and around cars, getting ready to drive, school bus safety, and pedestrian safety

Home Safety: Batteries, Burns and scalds, carbon monoxide, choking and strangulation, falls, fire, guns, liquid laundry packets, medication, poison, sleep safety, toy safety, TV and furniture tip-overs, and water and drowning

Sports and Play: Sports safety, playground safety, skating and skateboarding safety, bike safety, boating safety, swimming safety

Safe Kids Wayne County Mission statement: To eliminate accidental injury & death to children of Wayne County.

Safe Kids North Carolina

Mission statement:  Safe Kids North Carolina works to prevent accidental childhood injury, the leading killer of children aged 19 years and younger.  More than 300 grassroots coalitions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments, and volunteers to educate and protect families.

For more information or to schedule a car seat check, please call Shelly Willis, Safe Kids Coordinator, (919) 735-3371 ext. 235.