Baby dies on "mother’s arms"

07 October 2011

The accident happened in the evening of October 6 at the Omskaya Street in Kurgan. There was a 21-year-old driver behind the steering wheel of VAZ 99 whose driving license had been revoked for one year. He entered the oncoming lane traffic and had a head-on collision with «Ford».
As a result the hoods of both cars were smashed. The 39-year-old driver of «Ford» sustained a closed fracture and contusion of the chest. The driver of VAZ 99 had his mandible fractured. Three other people were the passengers of the Lada car. A 19-year-old man was diagnosed injuries of varying degrees, the 18-year-old wife of the driver was brought to the intensive care unit in critical conditions and the 6-month baby died in the hospital. The baby was transported without a safety child seat. The mother held the boy in her arms.
Many adults consider this way of transporting children the most reliable, although in fact it is deadly hazardous. No mother is capable of holding a weight of 400-500 kg in her arms. This is the mass of a baby at the time of the collision at a speed of 50 km / h. In this situation the child breaks the windshield and gets catapulted on the road. There were cases when an adult sitting behind pressed a baby with the bodyweight which at the time of collision weighs several tons.
The parents were to be blamed for the death as they had not cared about the child safety and provided no restraining option. According to the studies, the use of child car seats reduces the children mortality during accidents by 70%; the probability of getting hurt for restrained children is 60% less. We would like to remind that effective 2007 the traffic rules prohibit carrying children under 12 without special restraining devices in Russia.

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