EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES ON CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY IN NORTH CAROLINA 1981-1989
This report is an evaluation of the effects of North Carolina occupant protection legislation and educational activities on safety seat and seat belt usage rates for children and youth and associated injury reduction in the state. Analyses are conducted on three sources of data: North Carolina accident data, data obtained through observational surveys, and data obtained through mail-back questionnaires associated with the observational surveys.
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Corporate Authors:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Highway Safety Research Center
Chapel Hill, NC United States 27599 -
Authors:
- Hall, W L
- Publication Date: 1989-11
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 44 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Children; Data analysis; Data collection; Education; Evaluation; Fatalities; Field studies; Injuries; Laws; Manual safety belts; Mathematical analysis; Measures of effectiveness; Occupant protection devices; Questionnaires; Surveys; Utilization; Young adults
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Occupant protection
- Geographic Terms: North Carolina
- Old TRIS Terms: Field observation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00603056
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HSRC-A143
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM