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Kentucky's Child Restraint Law has Saved Lives: A Review of the Past 20 Years

Linda Goldstein PhD, Carl Spurlock PhD

For many years, the leading cause of death and disability among Kentucky children aged 0-4 has been as occupants in motor vehicle crashes (MVCs). In an effort to reduce the number of children killed or injured in MVCs, Kentucky amended a law (KRS 189.125) in 1982 requiring that, "any parent or legal guardian of a child, forty inches (40") in height or less, when transporting his child...shall have such child properly secured in a child restraint system of a type meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards."

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