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There are 115 abductions of children by strangers in an average year, in the US.

Traffic accidents are a much, much more prevalent threat.

(There are 800,000 children reported missing each year. 90% have misunderstood directions or ran away on their own initiative. 9% are kidnapped by a family member in a custody dispute.

http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.ht... )