AAP News Vol. 14 No. 3 March 1998, p. 2
© 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics
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In-line skating injuries and deaths

Stefanie Dell'Aringa

In-line skating injuries and deaths are on the rise among the pediatric population, according to local and national reports.

Researchers collected data on in-line skating injuries and deaths from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), and the Miami Children's Hospital (MCH.

Over a two-year period (1994-1995), eight children were admitted to MCH for in-line skating injuries and one death occurred. From 1991 to 1995, NEISS reported 28 cases of pediatric death caused by inline skating accidents. In 1994 alone, a total of 76,193 injuries were reported to NEISS.

Results of NEISS reports showed:

• 96.4 percent of in-line skating deaths were due to motor vehicle collisions;

• 33.3 percent of injuries occurred during an attempt to cross a road;

• 11.1 percent of injuries were caused by skitching (holding onto a car while skating);

• musculoskeletal injuries were the most frequent type of injury; and