key findings: SAFETY
“For young people (5 to 34), motor
vehicle traffic crashes are responsible for an
average of 30% of their deaths in Mississippi.”
-Ronald Cossman, 2004, Impact of Primary Seat Belt Laws on
Motor Vehicle Deaths among Mississippi’s Youth

Visit the Mississippi section of the National KIDS COUNT Data Book

Drinking and Driving / DUI:
Motor Vehicle Injuries and Deaths among Children in Mississippi: The Role of a DUI Child Endangerment Law
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/duichildlaw.pdf

Underage Drinking and Driving Interventions
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/underagedrinkingbrief.pdf

Seat Belts:
Impact of Primary Seat Belt Laws on Motor Vehicle Deaths among Mississippi's Youth
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/seatbeltimpact.pdf