American parents urged to do more to protect children on road

WASHINGTON: American parents and caregivers are urged to do more to protect children on the road, as a new report found that one third of U.S. children who died in crashes in 2011 were not buckled up.

The report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that over 9,000children were killed in traffic accidents between 2002 and 2011, though car crash deaths among children aged 12 and younger dropped by 43 percent during the period.