Number of ATV Accidents Decline, Report Shows

Recent data released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reveal that fatalities and injuries associated with all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use continue to decline in the US. According to the CPSC, total ATV-related injuries in 2008 decreased 10 percent from 2007, with injuries to children under 16 declining 6 percent.

This is the seventh straight year that injury risk for ATV riders has decreased, and it is now lower than at any time since CPSC began calculating this injury risk in 1… (read more)