Special Crash Investigations On-Site Child Restraint System Crash Investigation, Vehicle: 2015 Honda Odyssey, Location: New Jersey, Crash Date: March 2016

This report documents the on-site investigation of a child restraint system (CRS) used to restrain a 5-month-old female in the second row of a 2015 Honda Odyssey. The Honda was involved in a multiple-event crash when it departed the roadway, struck numerous trees, and initiated a rollover of three quarter-turns. During the crash sequence, supplemental restraint systems that included a driver’s Certified Advanced 208-Compliant (CAC) frontal air bag, front row right-seat-mounted air bag, and both dual-sensing (side impact and rollover) inflatable curtain (IC) air bags were deployed. An unbelted 28-year-old female driver and the infant female occupied the Honda at the time of the crash. The infant was restrained in the CRS by its integral 5-point harness system; however, the CRS itself was unsecured in the vehicle’s second row. That is, the CRS was not secured using either its Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) equipment or any of the vehicle’s manual restraint systems. Post-crash, the first-arriving witness found the CRS loose in the second row of the Honda with the infant restrained in the CRS. The infant was removed from the CRS and vehicle and transported by ambulance to a local hospital for police-reported possible (C-level) injuries. The driver sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the crash scene.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812612
• Corporate Authors:

  Crash Research & Analysis, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 302
  Elma, NY  United States  14059

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2019-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 51p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Child restraint systems; Crash investigation; Crash investigation sites; Fatalities; Infants; On the scene crash investigation; Side air bags
• Identifier Terms: Honda Odyssey
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01703083
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 612, CR16008
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-12-C-00269
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 26 2019 11:29AM