Trauma Survivors Network - provided by ATS

Survive. Connect. Rebuild.

A Program of the ATS

Inline Skating

Since 1992, at least 89 children ages 14 and under have died from inline skating injuries; the majority of these deaths were from collisions with motor vehicles. In 2003, nearly 27,200 children ages 5 to 14 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for inline skating-related injuries and nearly 26,700 were treated for roller skating-related injuries.