National Vehicular Heat Stroke Prevention Day

National Heat Stroke Prevention campaign materials

• More than 1,000 children have died due to pediatric vehicular heatstroke since 1998.
• 39 children died in 2024 because of vehicular heatstroke.
• On average, 37 children die per year due to vehicular heatstroke.
• In 2018 and 2019, we saw a record number of hot car deaths - 53 children died each year.

National Safety Council resources

National Child Passenger Safety Training for Heat Stroke Awareness and Prevention (available in English and Spanish)
https://www.cpsboard.org/trainings/kids-in-hot-cars/

Educate yourself and everyone you know. Learn the three primary circumstances that have led to children dying in hot cars and what we can do to prevent these deaths. This free online training, created by the National Safety Council, takes about 10 minutes to complete. A certificate of completion is provided at the end of the training.