SIDE AIRBAGS: EVALUATING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS FOR RESTRAINED CHILDREN

Child dummies were seated in size appropriate child restraints and exposed to in-vehicle, static, side mounted airbag deployments as well as full scale side impact crash tests. The child seat sample included rear and forward facing child restraints and booster seats. Anthropomorphic test dummies (ATD) included an 18 month infant and fully instrumented Hybrid III 3 year old and Hybrid III 6 year old child dummies. Preliminary results suggest that properly restrained infants and children occupying age appropriate child seats may receive some protective benefits from side airbags provided the child seat and the child occupant are correctly positioned. For the covering abstract see ITRD E111577.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Safety Advisory Committee

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • TYLKO, S
  • Dalmotas, D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 17TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES. CD ROM
  • Location: Amsterdam , Netherlands
  • Date: 2001-6-4 to 2001-6-7
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: DOT HS 809220

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Anthropometry; Children; Conferences; Dummies; Evaluation and assessment; Manual safety belts; Seat belts; Seats; Side crashes
• ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1476: Safety belt; 1388: Seat (veh); 1630: Side impact
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00922425
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 2 2002 12:00AM