A little boy who died on a daycare bus was among more than 16,000 Australian children seriously harmed or sick in childcare last year. A record 13,077 babies, toddlers and preschoolers suffered a serious injury, trauma or illness - including broken bones, burns, cuts, concussions, anaphylaxis reactions and severe asthma attacks - requiring urgent medical attention in 2019/20. Ambulances were called to daycare emergencies 2145 times and 1409 children went missing, or were "mistakenly locked in or out of'' services or taken away without approval. Most “serious incidents’’ happened in NSW, with 5013 cases of injury trauma or illness. A total of 16,632 "serious incidents'' were reported to state and territory childcare authorities, a new Productivity Commission report reveals today.