AIR BAG-ASSOCIATED FATAL INJURIES TO INFANTS AND CHILDREN RIDING IN FRONT PASSENGER SEATS -- UNITED STATES

Air bags, when used as a supplement to safety belts, effectively prevent deaths and serious injuries in frontal motor-vehicle crashes. Air bags are standard equipment in most new cars; federal safety standards require that all new passenger cars and light trucks be equipped with both driver- and passenger-side air bags by 1999. The safety of air bags is well documented, and air bags have saved an estimated 900 lives since the late 1980s; however, special precautions are needed to safely transport children in vehicles equipped with air bags. Reports of eight deaths of child passengers in crashes involving air-bag deployment are of special concern because they involved low-speed crashes that the children otherwise might have survived. This report summarizes three of these eight cases.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Health and Human Services

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30333
• Publication Date: 1995-11-17

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 845-847
• Serial:
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 45
  • Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
  • ISSN: 0149-2195
  • EISSN: 1545-861x
  • Serial URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Air bags; Child restraint systems; Fatalities; Front seat occupants; Infants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Air bag deployment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715463
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 8 1996 12:00AM