ASSESSMENT OF DYNAMIC TESTING ENVIRONMENT OF CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

This paper summarizes the results of research conducted by the NHTSA to determine how changing vehicle design parameters influence child restraint performance. Initial research consisted of surveying late-model vehicle's interior design characteristics as they pertain to child restraint systems. The next step involved dynamic evaluation of booster seats with respect to injury/excursion criteria measured on child test dummies under conditions which illustrated the changing vehicle design characteristics. Belt-positioning booster seat tests were conducted to evaluate the effect of belt type (lap/shoulder versus lap only belt) on seat performance. Differences in small-shield booster behaviour when used with lap only belt or lap/shoulder belt combinations were established in another series of tests. Another study demonstrated how varying seat back rigidity changed small-shield booster test results. (A) For the covering abstract of the compendium see IRRD 880073.

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  • Accession Number: 00725328
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • ISBN: 1-56091-422-X
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Sep 26 1996 12:00AM