CHILDREN INJURED IN GO-KART ACCIDENTS

Parents considering buying go-karts for their children or permitting their children to operate a go-kart at an amusement center need to beware: children who are hospitalized because of go-cart accidents require an average hospital stay of about five days.

Furthermore, more than half of the children hospitalized required at least one operation and almost a third required two or more operations.

“Many parents don’t seem to be aware of the potential dangers of private go-karts,” said David Cline, an emergency medicine specialist at Wake Forest University Baptists Medical Center and one of the study researchers. “Many of these injuries were severe, and all children required follow-up care after they left the hospital.  While public go-cart tracks have safety restrictions, privately owned go-carts are largely unregulated. There are more than 10,000 go-cart injuries to children 15 and younger each year.  Injuries were the result of collisions with stationary objects or moving vehicles or losing control of the go-cart and rolling over. Some children were ejected from the go-cart and then struck by either another vehicle or their own go-cart.

Children should not be allowed to operate the carts without adult supervision because they lack the maturity to safely operate these vehicles without supervision.  The highest frequency of amusement ride accidents by body part, ride type, and accident type reveal that go-cart accidents have the one of the highest frequency rates for injuries to the arm, back, foot, hand, head, face, leg, neck, and shoulder.

Keep in mind that an insurance settlement – if there is insurance – is not an adequate recompense for an injured child!

If you find yourself in such a position it is best to consult an attorney with substantial experience. There are so many different circumstances that a proper answer to your particular problem can only be obtained by a trained and experienced lawyer.

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