Many of those injured and killed in Yamaha Rhino accidents are the smallest and most vulnerable drivers or passengers: children. Child victims often arise because parents and children alike are unsuspecting that a Yamaha Rhino can tip or roll over, often pinning a small child underneath its weight, which can be hundreds of pounds.

Also, a driver's license is not required to operate an ATV, so many children do drive them. Unfortunately, as it has been shown, having a child on board as either a driver or passenger can lead to tragedy, since children are not as physically able to withstand the dangers of a Yamaha Rhino accident. Of course, if the Yamaha Rhino did not have inherent design defects caused by manufacturer negligence, and if it was, instead, a safe vehicle, these accidents would not happen.

Children who ride a Yamaha Rhino are highly vulnerable in part because the Yamaha Rhino does not include proper side doors or handle bars. The manufacturer belatedly offered to add such features in free modifications for owners, but many such vehicles still don't have them. Clearly, this offer by Yamaha to modify or upgrade its vehicles indicates an awareness and an admittance of its own design deficiencies and negligence.

How many Yamaha Rhino child victims have suffered? The exact number is unclear, but we do know that more than 100 children died in ATV accidents in 2006 alone, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC also reports that in the same one-year period, 146,600 persons were treated in an emergency room for injuries suffered in an ATV accident. More than a fourth of those -- a total of 39,300 -- were children.

Overall, ATV injuries have risen steadily since 1997. In terms of ATV accident deaths, the largest numbers have been recorded in Pennsylvania, says the CPSC, followed by California, West Virginia, Texas and Kentucky.

Yet from Florida to Oregon, or from Arizona to New York, all 50 states have had at least one death caused by an ATV accident. And one of the most dangerous brands -- if not the most dangerous -- is the Yamaha Rhino, whose design defects make the Yamaha Rhino an accident waiting to happen.

In a Yamaha Rhino rollover or other Yamaha Rhino accident, a child may have little chance of surviving or even avoiding injury. The Yamaha Rhino ATV, UTV or ROV weighs hundreds of pounds and has a propensity to tip or roll over. A child may be thrown from the vehicle as this occurs, then may be pinned underneath its large weight.

The many children whose lives have ended tragically in such an ATV accident have provided a wake-up call for all Americans that mounting Yamaha Rhino accidents and other ATV accidents are a crisis which must be met and solved. If, however, a loved one in your family already has suffered in a Yamaha Rhino accident, you at least can fight for your family's legal rights by engaging the Goldwater Law Firm to find the right Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer.

Fill out the free case review form on this page to let the Goldwater Law Firm provide you with a Yamaha Rhino accident attorney. He or she can strive to ensure you receive fair and full financial compensation for your Yamaha Rhino accident loss, including the pain and suffering you've endured.

While these devastating calamities cannot be erased, in at least one sense such tragedies can be turned into triumph: through an effective Yamaha Rhino accident lawsuit. This can serve as a warning to negligent manufacturers that the safety of their customers must be paramount, and that stronger safety measures must be applied to accident-prone vehicles which have ended the young lives of so many unsuspecting innocents.