PATTERNS OF INAPPROPRIATE RESTRAINT FOR CHILDREN IN CRASHES

Partners for Child Passenger Safety is a new crash injury surveillance system devoted exclusively to children. Data regarding children in newer vehicle crashes reported to State Farm Insurance Companies are transferred to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) daily. Between June and November, 1998, CHOP received 18,101 claims involving 26,773 children and conducted telephone interviews on a sample of 1879 crahses. Overall restraint usage was high. However, many children were inappropriately restrained in seat belts and a third of children were front-seated. It is imperative to continue to focus educational, legislative, and engineering interventions to prevent these risk behaviors. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD E103261.

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• Authors:
  • Winston, F K
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 59-69
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  • CHILD OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES - TO BE HELD AT THE MELIA GRAN SITGES HOTEL, PORT D'AIGUADOLC, SITGES, BARCELONA, SPAIN ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1999
  • Publisher: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PUBLICATIONS LTD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Children; Crashes; Height; Infants; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Passive restraint systems; Weight
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 1758: Child; 6489: Height; 1768: Infant; 2163: Injury; 1466: Passive safety system; 1476: Safety belt; 5485: Weight
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00781408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-86058-240-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2000 12:00AM