*Fact Sheet

Please find a fact sheet with information on child passenger safety. This fact sheet lists a history and timeline of child passenger safety in the United States. The fact sheet can be used as talking points with the media, public and parents.

* Order Form

The Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of Traffic Safety distributes a variety of free public educational materials promoting traffic safety. All materials are available, free of charge, to the traffic safety community. A limit of 200 items has been established for each item listed on the order form. All materials are dependent upon budget constraints. Most requests are normally shipped by UPS and are received within 5-10 working days. The current order form may be found at: http://www.dot.il.gov/pieform.html.

*National Seat Check Saturday Summary Sheet

Please return the attached summary sheet by Tuesday, September 15, 2009 to both Thelma.Kuska@dot.gov and Megan.Eairheart@illinois.gov .

* Back-Overs and Hot Cars: Non-Crash Dangers to Children

The National Safety Council is offering colorful, free flyers just in time for Child Passenger Safety Week.  The flyers include prevention tips addressing two critical but less recognized safety dangers to children: hot car deaths and back-overs. 

• Even in 70-degree weather, interior car temperatures can soar to life-threatening heat in a matter of minutes. Hyperthermia, or heat-stroke, can happen quickly to children or animals left inside a vehicle and result in injury, brain damage or death.  Child Passenger Safety technicians can help to prevent hot car deaths by educating parents, especially during the hot summer months.  Hot car deaths frequently occur in parking lots, as parents rushing to work may forget to drop their child off.  

• Before leaving your driveway, it only takes a few extra seconds to play it safe. By walking completely around your car before driving, you can potentially save the life of a child or pet that may be in your blind spot.

Both brochures are available on-line in PDF format or in print, in both English and Spanish, in quantities of 100. For download and ordering details (pay shipping and handling only), please click on the links below:

• Back-over Child Injuries (English) (Please link to http://shop.nsc.org/Backover-Child-Injuries-FREE-100-Pack-of-Flyers-English-P2234.aspx )

• Back-over Child Injuries (Spanish) (Please link to http://shop.nsc.org/Backover-Child-Injuries-FREE-100-Pack-of-Flyers-Spanish-P2235.aspx )

• Hot Car Deaths (English) (Please link to http://shop.nsc.org/Inside-Vehicle-Child-Injuries-FREE-100-Pack-of-Flyers-English-P2236.aspx ).

• Hot Car Deaths (Spanish) (Please link to http://shop.nsc.org/Inside-Vehicle-Child-Injuries-FREE-100-Pack-of-Flyers-Spanish-P2237.aspx ).

Thank you for supporting National Seat Check Saturday. All Illinois child safety seat checkpoints are sponsored by AAA and the Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of Traffic Safety.

View 2006 Calendar

The Illinois Department of Transportation/ Division of Traffic Safety have begun the process of developing the Fiscal Year 2007 Highway Safety Plan. Once again we will be hosting a series of public hearings throughout the state for local agencies and the public in a forum that allows everyone to express their concerns about traffic safety issues in their communities. Local law enforcement leaders, EMS, fire departments and community leaders from your area are encouraged to participate.

• IL CPS Tech Meeting Agenda