Show accidents ac are kid kill killers ers heres a word of warning to all moms and dads accidents are the greatest kid killers in america americal according to the 1949 edition of the national safety councils statistical yearbook accident facts accidents far outrank any of the more generally feared childhood diseases as a cause of death among children oneto one to 14 years old there were accidental deaths in that age group in 1947 three times more than were claimed by pneumonia the next most important cause of death and accidents caused 42 times as many deaths as polio |