Identification of safety belt restraint usage characteristics related to four- to thirteen-year-olds.

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• Creators:
  Dissanayake, Sunanda ; Asmarasingha, Niranga
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic accidents
  • Traffic safety
  • Child restraint systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Seat belts
  • Accident severity
  • Utilization
  • Logistic regression analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  K-TRAN: KSU-09-5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kansas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Kansas. Dept. of Transportation
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors
• Abstract:
  Involvement in road traffic crashes as vehicle occupants is a leading cause of death and serious injury among children. The ; objective of this study was to investigate child safety restraint-use characteristics and crash-severity factors in order to identify ; effective countermeasures to increase children’s safety. Crash data were obtained from the Kansas Department of Transportation ; from 2004 to 2008. Children were divided into two groups, aged four to seven and eight to 13, considering Kansas child restraint ; laws. Frequencies, percentages, and odds ratios were used to investigate restraint-use characteristics, seating positions, and injury ; severity. Logistic regression models were developed to identify risk factors which increased injury severity. Results showed ; children not restrained, riding with drunk drivers, and riding in older vehicles were more vulnerable for injuries when they were in ; crashes. The most frequent contributory causes related to children involved in crashes in Kansas were inattention in driving, failure ; to yield right of way, driving too fast, wet roads, and animals in the road. Based on the identified critical factors, countermeasures ; to improve child traffic safety were suggested which included age- and size-appropriate seat belt restraints, and the child being in ; the rear seat. It is important for parents and children to gain better education about these safety measures that are helpful to ; increase child safety on the road.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  C1816
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25913/dot_25913_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.52 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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