Chart: Sledding stats
January 14, 2015 at 5:02AM
• Sleds can reach speeds up to 25 miles per hour.
• About 160,000 people across the country are injured each year while sledding, tubing or tobogganing.
• About 15,000 of those injuries require a trip to the emergency room.
• The most common injury is to the head.
• Kids 14 and under account for most of the injuries.
Source: Hennepin County Medical Center
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