11 children are being rescued in WA from locked cars each week-lives are being endangered

Eleven children are being rescued in WA from locked cars each week on average, prompting warnings young lives are being endangered because vehicle temperatures can reach deadly levels within 10 minutes.

The RAC has revealed that its roadside assistance patrols have freed 706 children and 293 pets in WA in the past 15 months, the majority being accidental lock-ins.

“That equates to about 11 children and four pets each week, including on some of Perth’s hottest days,” patrol officer Cameron Dargan said.

Tests by the RAC in Queensland on a 32C day found the interior of a parked car rose from air-conditioned levels to the outside temperature within 1.5 minutes, then to 40C about 6.5 minutes later.

Source: RAC warns over kids locked in hot cars | Perth Now