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- noun An
accident in which amotor vehicle reverses over an unseen person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Federal safety officials say nearly 300 deaths and 18,000 injuries occur each year from so-called backover crashes.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers these safety tips to avoid a "backover" accident:
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According to safety group Kids and Cars, so far this year, there have been 31 deaths from backover accidents, mostly by vehicles driven by close relatives.
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Rollaway deaths, backover deaths and trunk entrapment can all be significantly mitigated by teaching them not to play in or around cars, and to move away from a vehicle when a driver gets in and when the car is started.
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According to safety group Kids and Cars, so far this year, there have been 31 deaths from backover accidents, mostly by vehicles driven by close relatives.
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More than half of backover incidents involved larger trucks or SUVs.
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According to safety group Kids and Cars, so far this year, there have been 31 deaths from backover accidents, mostly by vehicles driven by close relatives.
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Rollaway deaths, backover deaths and trunk entrapment can all be significantly mitigated by teaching them not to play in or around cars, and to move away from a vehicle when a driver gets in and when the car is started.
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(How to prevent backover accidents and child injuries.)
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Rollaway deaths, backover deaths and trunk entrapment can all be significantly mitigated by teaching them not to play in or around cars, and to move away from a vehicle when a driver gets in and when the car is started.
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