THE USE OF INFANTS' ANS CHILDRENS' OCCUPANT SAFETY DEVICES IN MOTOR VEHICLES: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

A study of the use of automotive protective restraint systems carried out in urban Oahu demonstrates alarmingly low levels of use by infants and young children, as well as by drivers. Overall, infants and children through the age of 10 years were unprotected 93% of the time. Drivers were unprotected at least 90% of the time. Physicians and other health professionals are called upon to aid in intervention programs to increase the usage of occupant protective devices in order to eliminate this major cause of deaths and injuries to infants and young children.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hawaii Medical Association

  320 Ward Avenue
  Honolulu, HI  United States  96814
• Authors:
  • Smith, R G
  • Berkline, R R
• Publication Date: 1980-11

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 283-285
• Serial:
  • Hawaii Medical Journal
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hawaii Medical Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Awareness; Child restraint systems; Fatalities; Infants; Injuries; Physicians; Restraint systems; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Occupant restraint
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00366801
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 927
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM