EFFECTS OF STANDARD 213 ON DESIGN POTENTIAL FOR CHILD RESTRAINTS

Federal Standard 213 has been instrumental in improving the quality of child protection in automobiles. However, the adoption of a design standard rather than a performance standard has limited the creativity applied to car seat designs. For example, a 3-point harness system cannot be utilized in a child car seat, although tests have shown it could be highly effective. The standard has also generated problems in the area of buckle-release pressure and in interpretation, e.g., what is an acceptable 2-inch radius. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 3-6, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  P.O. Box 222
  Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
• Authors:
  • Knoedler, R E
  • Dingledy, C
• Conference:
  • 27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: San Antonio Texas, United States
  • Date: 1983-10-3 to 1983-10-6
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 105-114
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA, OCTOBER 3-6, 1983. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Children; Conferences; Design; Injuries; Passive restraint systems; Prevention; Seats; Specifications
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 1466: Passive safety system; 9149: Prevention; 1388: Seat (veh); 177: Specifications; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389432
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM