Yep, IIRC the #1 killer of children in the US was car and bike accidents back then.
As far as "stranger danger" I think there were a handful of well publicized cases that drove the whole thing: Etan Patz, Adam Walsh (whose father of course started and hosted *America's Most Wanted* as a result), and Johnny Gosch, who was the first child to have his picture appear on a milk carton.
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Date: 2024-06-11 01:19 pm (UTC)As far as "stranger danger" I think there were a handful of well publicized cases that drove the whole thing: Etan Patz, Adam Walsh (whose father of course started and hosted *America's Most Wanted* as a result), and Johnny Gosch, who was the first child to have his picture appear on a milk carton.