ATV Deaths Rising

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: February 14, 2008

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Government safety officials are focusing new
attention on ATVs.
At least 555 people were killed in accidents involving the
all-terrain vehicles in 2006. That includes more than 100 children.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates more than
146,000 people were injured in ATV accidents in 2006 and more than
a-quarter of them were children.
And officials say, based on reports from coroners and hospitals,
the problem is getting worse.
The industry says the problem is not with the machines but with
how they are used. A spokesman for a trade group called the
Specialty Vehicle Institute of America says, "ATVs have never been
shown to be an unsafe product." He says the problem is "bad
decisions" by the people sitting on the seat.