Most backover incidents don't happen on public roads.
Government databases generally record only crashes on public roads, but
most backover crashes occur in driveways and parking lots.
Not exact matches
Rear cameras will be required on
most new vehicles starting May 1, 2018, as a way to reduce
backover crashes involving children and pedestrians (see «Rearview camera rule aims to reduce
backover crashes,» May 29, 2014).
Young kids are
most at risk of being killed in
backover crashes because it is hard to spot them when they are close to the vehicle.
Young children and older people are
most likely to be killed in a
backover crash.