EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CHILD PASSENGER PROTECTION

On July 1, 1982, the North Carolina Child Passenger Protection Law went into effect and requires that children less than age two being driven by their parents in their own car be buckled up. As required by this law, the UNC Highway Safety Research Center has been monitoring and evaluating its effects since 1982. This evaluation reveals that restraint usage rates for children less than age two in North Carolina accidents increased from 30 percent prior to the law's effective date to 70 percent at the end of 1984. Two and three year old children not covered by the law were only half as likely to be restrained in accidents. High restraint usage rates in accidents resulted in the prevention of 55 serious injuries and the saving of 22 lives of North Carolina children less than age two between July, 1982 and November, 1984. For the covering abstracts of the conference see IRRD 287637. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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  Arlington Heights, IL  United States  60005
• Authors:
  • Hall, W L
• Conference:
  • 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., United States
  • Date: 1985-10-7 to 1985-10-9
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 137-151
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, WASHINGTON DC, OCTOBER 7-9, 1985

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Conferences; Fatalities; Injuries; Laws; Measures of effectiveness; Prevention; Traffic crashes; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Motor vehicle accidents
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1758: Child; 2209: Comprehension; 8525: Conference; 5911: Efficiency; 1534: Enforcement (law); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1556: Legislation; 1466: Passive safety system; 9149: Prevention; 1476: Safety belt; 8122: USA; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466732
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM