Best practice guidelines for the safe restraint of children travelling in motor vehicles

The National Guidelines for the Safe Restraint of Children Travelling in Motor Vehicles have been developed under the auspices of Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and Kidsafe - The Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia. They provide best practice recommendations that have been approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). This document contains an executive summary plus all the research evidence to support the guidelines recommendations. These guidelines define optimal restraint practices for Australian children aged 0-16 years when travelling in motor vehicles. These guidelines are aimed at road safety professionals and other injury prevention stakeholders who provide advice to parents, carers and others who transport children in vehicles. Guidance with a strong evidence base is labelled as a ‘recommendation’, while guidance with only a limited evidence base is denoted a ‘consensus-based recommendation’. Additional guidance, in the form of practice points, is provided on a small number of issues outside the scope of the guidelines, including additional considerations for groups with special needs, and cost issues. The guidelines document also includes information on the current legal requirements for child restraint use in Australia, and how best practice exceeds these minimum requirements, where applicable. The purpose of the guidelines is to provide recommendations regarding optimal safety for all children travelling in motor vehicles. Where evidence is available, a priority ranking of options is provided.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.neura.edu.au/crs-guidelines
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Neuroscience Research Australia

  PO Box 1165, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia
  Randwick, New South Wales   

  Kidsafe Australia

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  Neuroscience Research Australia

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• Publication Date: 2013-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 119p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Children; Evaluation; Installation; Manual safety belts; Policy; Safety; Vehicle safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Child restraint; Evaluation; Injury prevention; Installation; Policy; Vehicle safety
• ITRD Terms: 1388: Seat (veh)
• Subject Areas: Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503295
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9780992345013
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 6 2014 10:56AM