In Skärholmen, a 10-year-old boy was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing at low speed. According to police spokesperson Mats Eriksson, the boy was taken to hospital with a guardian and is not seriously injured. Police stated that the driver remained at the scene, was checked and questioned, and a report of reckless driving was filed.
In Halmstad city center, a 9-year-old boy was hit by a car. Police reported that the boy was shocked, crying, and had scrapes on his arm. Ambulance and rescue services were dispatched.
The driver is a man in his 40s, according to police. A boy was hit at a pedestrian crossing in Nacka Strand, and a girl was hit in Sätaröd, according to official sources. In March 2026, a 14-year-old girl suffered a concussion after being hit at a pedestrian crossing on Tosterö, as reported by multiple media outlets.
According to Eskilstuna-Kuriren, Cathrin Vinge, a mother and Green Party politician, wants changes at pedestrian crossings on Tosterö, including bicycle crossings. Near Broaryd, west of Smålandsstenar, a boy younger than ten was taken to hospital after ending up under a car at around 2 PM on Friday. Police spokesperson Mats Pettersson said that for an unknown reason, the boy ended up under the car, which had somehow started rolling.
The boy was awake and talking and was taken to hospital for bandaging. Police are investigating the incident as causing bodily harm; no one is currently suspected of a crime. In Lund, a taxi hit a 16-year-old girl at 00:23 on Friday.
The girl was taken to hospital; her condition is unclear. The taxi was seized for technical examination, according to multiple reports. A 10-year-old girl was seriously injured after being hit by an ATV south of Stockholm.
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The ATV driver, a man in his 20s, was also injured and taken to hospital; he is suspected of gross reckless driving, gross causing bodily harm, and drug driving, according to police. In Kalmar, a girl in middle school age was hit by a van near Funkaboskolan at around 2 PM on Thursday. Police have spoken to the driver.
A report for failure to yield and causing bodily harm was filed. A girl in middle school age was hit by a car outside Kristianstad at lunchtime and taken to hospital with unclear injuries. A boy under 15 was hit by a car in Mariefred; alarm at 07:55.
A boy was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Helsingborg on Wednesday evening. A child was hit by a car in Vasastan, Stockholm just before 3 PM; taken to hospital awake; a report for causing bodily harm and reckless driving will be filed. A boy was hit at low speed on Föreningsgatan in Landskrona.
In Luleå, a teenage boy and girl on a bicycle were hit by a car on Skurholmen just before 7 PM on Monday. The boy was uninjured; the girl needed light bandaging in the ambulance, according to reports. In Scunthorpe, England, a five-year-old boy was seriously injured after being hit by a car while playing in the street.
Police are looking for the driver of an ice cream van seen in the area at the time, according to reports. In Mosjøen, Norway, a car drove into a fence at Olderskog; the driver was a minor and under the influence, according to Anders Johansen, operations leader at Nordland police district. An incident occurred in Ryd on Thursday afternoon, according to reports.
The exact conditions of several children remain unclear, including the girl hit by a taxi in Lund, the girl hit outside Kristianstad, the boy hit in Vasastan, and the boy hit in Helsingborg. The cause of the car starting to roll near Broaryd is also unknown.