CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY AND THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY

The insurance industry has been visibly absent in the promotion of child passenger safety programs, even though they stand to save thousands of dollars through potential reductions in deaths and injuries suffered by young children as a result of automobile accidents. Further, the insurance industry has, in some instances, inhibited the implementation of loan-a-seat programs because of the unavailability of liability insurance for such programs. Recently some insurance companies have begun offering child safety seats to their employees and policyholders. This paper explores the current relationship between the insurance industry and the child passenger safety movement.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 8-10, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  P.O. Box 222
  Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
• Authors:
  • LAWLESS, E W
• Conference:
  • 28th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Denver Colorado, United States
  • Date: 1984-10-8 to 1984-10-10
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 347-355
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, DENVER, COLORADO, USA, OCTOBER 8-10, 1984. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile insurance; Child restraint systems; Insurance industry; Liability insurance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395817
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM