Revised Estimates of Child Restraint Effectiveness

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic crash victims
  • Fatalities
  • Child restraint systems
  • Child safety seats
  • Infants
  • Preschool children
  • Crash data
  • Crash analysis
  • Statistical analysis
  • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404120
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00800259
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently completed an analysis of data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) to reexamine the effectiveness of restraints in saving the lives of children, ages 0 - 4. This analysis updates the work published in Lives Saved by Child Restraints from 1982 through 1987 by Susan C. Partyka (DOT HS 807 371, December 1988). Data from FARS for the period 1988 - 1994 for children involved in fatal crashes were used in the current analysis. This analysis provides updated estimates of the effectiveness of child restraints for infants less than 1 year of age and for children 1-4 years of age. Effectiveness estimates were calculated separately for child restraints used in passenger cars (PCs) and in light trucks and vans (LTVs).
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12566/dot_12566_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 27.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4116658d41f3f85b98dc177ff73145190c87929377459f5455ba2b6d0ee62dd3