Dr. Shah, a radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Little Rock), states, "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted.”

According to information provided by Dr. Shah in the ScienceDaily article “Injury Report Shows All-terrain Vehicles Not Child’s Play”:

“ATV use by children is intrinsically dangerous because of the instability of the vehicles and the small size of children. While reducing the size and power of the vehicles and wearing helmets and protective clothing might limit some of the injuries, there still remains the issue of whether children should be riding ATVs at all.”

Dr Shah is quoted within the ScienceDaily article, "The question is a little like asking, 'How can we make motorcycle use safer for five-year-olds? The problem is that five-year-olds should not be using motorcycles under any circumstances."

[Author’s note] There is no need for me to re-state the statistics and the findings from Dr. Shah’s research. They are vividly descriptive as I quote (bolded for emphasis) from the ScienceDaily article:

“The study included 500 consecutive children admitted to Arkansas Children's Hospital following ATV accidents. The children ranged in age from six months to 19 years (mean age 11.5 years) and included 345 boys and 155 girls. Head injuries included 85 skull fractures, 66 cases of hemorrhage and 59 brain injuries. Spinal injuries included 21 spine fractures and five spinal cord injuries. Lung injuries were present in 36 children. Injuries to the spleen, liver, kidneys or pancreas were found in 70 children.”

“Extremity fractures occurred in 208 children with broken legs being the most common. There were 12 amputations, including nine partial foot amputations, one upper limb amputation and one below-knee amputation. There were six fatalities and several cases of long-term disabilities. The fatalities represent only the children who died at the hospital, not those who died at the accident site.”

"The youngest patient in our series was a six-month-old infant who was riding with his mother. His thigh bone was fractured. Other patients included a two-year-old who was driving a 'child-size' ATV and had traumatic amputation of four toes, and another two-year-old driver who was found unconscious beside a flipped ATV. She had a severe brain hemorrhage that left her with permanent disability."