CPSC Calendar Year 2024 Toy Report: About 267,100 Emergency Department-Treated Injuries Nationwide, 180,900 of Them Children 14 and Under, Six Reported Deaths
BETHESDA, Montgomery County, Maryland — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff report Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries, Calendar Year 2024, published in April 2026, estimates that 267,100 toy-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2024. Of those, 180,900 were to children 14 or younger and 91,600 to children 4 or younger; the head and face were hurt most often, at 45%, and 95% of patients were treated and released. Nonmotorized scooters were tied to more injuries than any other specific toy, at 23% of the estimate.
On fatalities, CPSC received reports of six toy-related deaths of children 14 or younger in 2024, and 54 for the years 2022 through 2024. The report notes that, due to delays in death certificate reporting, fatality information is not yet complete, especially for 2023 and 2024, and that although a toy was associated with many of the incidents, the toy was not necessarily the cause of the death or injury. The report's fatality counts are based on the CPSC's Consumer Product Safety Risk Management System (CPSRMS), and its injury estimates on the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS).
CPSC states that the report was prepared by its staff and has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of, the Commission. The full report is published on cpsc.gov, where consumers can also check product-specific recalls at cpsc.gov/Recalls.
(Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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