Observed Patterns of Misuse of Child Safety Seats

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• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Tech: Observed Patterns of Misuse of Child Safety Seats
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Child restraint systems
  • Child safety seats
  • Human factors in crashes
  • Field studies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  133
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Abstract:
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sponsored a study to observe more than 5,900 children in safety seats or wearing safety belts in suburban shopping centers in the spring and summer of 1995. The Ketron Division of the Bionetics Corporation conducted the study in Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Washington. They identified how CSSs were being misused, documented problems of CSS installation and vehicle occupant protection systems, and linked characteristics of the driver to misuse of child safety seats. Since the study was conducted in only four states, it is not representative of the whole nation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18524/dot_18524_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 26.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0971d8d598646c181e5103b8e2449f5eb3511e3f1964bdcdf4339bf9f99bbdae