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WASHINGTON - Government safety officials are concentrating new attention on ATVs (all-terrain vehicles). The CPSC warns that ATV's are one of the deadliest products around. According to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), at least 555 people were killed in 2006 in accidents connected with ATVs. The statistics says more than 100 among the victims are children. CPSC’s statistics also says that more than 146,000 people were injured in accidents involving ATVs in 2006 and more than 25 percent of them were children. CPSC has also calculated the ATV deaths in each state. The maximum number of deaths was found in Pennsylvania. According to CPSC’s estimation, there had been 420 ATV deaths in Pennsylvania since 1982. With 163 human deaths due to ATV crashes since 1982, Arizona ranked 21st. Based on reports from coroners and hospitals, CPSC officials say that the problem is still getting worse. The study has also found that most of the deaths and injuries to children were happened due to youngsters riding adult-size ATV’s. Consumer groups have called on the CPSC to prohibit the sale of adult-size ATVs for children. So far, staff of the CPSC has not cared this. The Consumer Product Safety Commission had sued ATV industry in 1980’s claiming the old three-wheeled ATVs were dangerous. ATV voluntarily stopped manufacturing them and made a four-wheeled version. A report says that ATV sales have amassed $3 billion last year.
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15 Passenger Van Rollover
