Share Photo: (Photo : Unsplash/Trevor McKinnon) Kids sledding injuries are more likely to happen than in adults who enjoy the activity. A nine-year study proves that 70 percent of the accidents were children. Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Injury Research and Policy researchers stated that over 220,000 people got sent to the hospital for injuries. The study from the years 2008 through 2017 and included 220,488 patients. Kids are more likely to suffer injuries than adults "Our Quad City" stated that kids were seven times more likely to suffer a sledding-related injury than adults. Sixty-three percent of them were due to collisions, while 47 percent were crash with things in the environment.