Backover Injuries-Data Collection

Every year, children are injured and killed because drivers (in some cases, parents) don't see them while backing up. Hospitals and trauma centers do not have a method for classifying these types of injuries, thus making it difficult to determine the actual number of accidents as a result of backovers. The San Francisco Injury Center (SFIC) in collaboration with various trauma centers in California, have decided to collect more detailed data. By recording backover events in an accurate manner, we will have a better representation of the actual frequency of these injuries so that we can most efficiently and effectively target our prevention efforts.

To learn more about this project, click here.

To view the SFIC Backover brochures in English, click here.

To vies the SFIC Backover brochures in Spanish, click here.