According to the organization Before Child Safety, 35 children and teenagers died in accidents during the summer holidays this year.
This is a higher than average number of deaths recorded in the previous five years (2020-2016), which stands at about 28.
The main causes of mortality during summer vacation are road accidents (15 cases) and drowning (10 cases).
The number of deaths due to road accidents during the summer vacation this year is higher than the average number of deaths in the previous five years, which stood at about 13 cases.
Six of the deceased were 4-0 toddlers, four were 9-5, two were 14-10 and three were 17-15.
During the summer vacation this year, there has been an increase in the number of drowning deaths (ten cases, compared to four last year).
Three children drowned in the sea, three in a pool, two in a tub, one in a water reservoir and one girl in a creek.
Disaster in the Negev: Five-year-old dies after spending hours in a closed vehicle // Photo: Yaniv Zohar
Where do fatal injuries occur in children?
The most prominent scene of injuries during this year's summer vacation is on the roads, where 16 deaths of children and adolescents occurred.
The number of deaths in this arena this year is higher than the average in the previous five years (16 cases compared to about 13 in previous years).
In the public space arena, there have been 11 deaths this year, a higher than average number in previous years of six.
The risk of accidents increases as the child gets younger, as well as among adolescents: data from the previous five years show that 40% of deaths occurred in the 4-0 age group, 1.3 times the relative class in the child and adolescent population.
Another risk group is 17-15 year olds, who on a perennial average 29% of deaths were in this group (twice the relative share in the child and adolescent population).
Orly Silvinger, CEO of the organization Before Child Safety: “Most accidents could have been prevented.
Each of them was a world in its entirety, and his death is a terrible rupture for his family and those around him.
The big vacation is over, but we have another full month ahead of us, full of holidays and vacations.
Our experience shows that precisely at such times, of getting out of the routine, the risk of child accidents is greater.
However, it should be remembered that accidents are not a destiny.
Adherence to safety guidelines can prevent the next disaster.
They did everything to keep the children safe. "
