More than 1,000 children have died of heatstroke, because they were left or became trapped in a hot car over the past 25 years. These tragedies can happen to anyone but are always preventable.
- A child’s body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult’s. When a child is left in a vehicle, that child’s temperature can rise quickly — and the situation can quickly become dangerous.
- Heatstroke begins when the core body temperature reaches about 104 degrees. Death occurs at a core body temperature of 107 or above.
- In 2025, 31 children died of heatstroke in vehicles.