Children Left Unattended in Parked Vehicles in India: An Analysis of 40 Fatalities from 2011 to 2020.

Background: Fatalities in children left unattended in parked motor vehicles are being reported frequently in the last decade but little research has been done analysing the circumstances leading to such preventable deaths in India.

Objectives: To analyse circumstances leading to fatalities in children left unattended in parked motor vehicles in India.

Methods: This study was a descriptive analysis conducted on the basis of an Internet search of published news in major Indian newspapers/channels using different combination of keywords.

Vehicular hyperthermia deaths in Indian children: a little recognised mode of fatal injury.

Parked vehicles can create deadly environments for young children who are left unattended. This study was a descriptive analysis to describe circumstances leading to death in children left unattended in parked motor vehicles in India. Between 2011 and 2018, there were 16 incidents that resulted in 28 fatalities across India, mostly in the summer months.