USE OF RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN CARS
Many deaths and injuries would be prevented if children in cars were adequately restrained. Cars were stopped at random and the use of child car seats by 853 children aged between 6 months and 4 years was ascertained. One hundred and thirty-three (65%) of the children aged between 6 and 11 months were travelling in seat restraints. Thirty-five (30%) of the children aged between 3 and 4 years were similarly restrained. Thus there was a significant decline in the use of child car seats within the age range for which they are suitable. There are several possible explanations for this finding and it is suggested that not only should efforts be made to encourage parents to provide car restraints for their infants but that attention should be focused on the reasons for this decline in the use of seat restraints.
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Corporate Authors:
British Medical Association
BMA House, Tavistock Square
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Authors:
- Geddis, D C
- APPLETON, I C
- Publication Date: 1983-7
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 549-551
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Serial:
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Volume: 57
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: British Medical Association
- ISSN: 0003-9888
- Serial URL: http://adc.bmj.com/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Child restraint systems; Parents; Preschool children; Utilization
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00392258
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 362
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM