Identification of safety belt restraint usage characteristics related to four- to thirteen-year-olds : [technical summary].

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• Creators:
  Dissanayake, Sunanda ; Asmarasingha, Niranga
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic accidents
  • Traffic safety
  • Accident severity
  • Child restraint systems
  • Seat belts
  • Utilization
  • Countermeasures
  • Logistic regression analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  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:
  Even though overall level of safety on United Sates roadways has improved over the last few decades because of significant vehicle and occupant safety regulations and programs, further improvement is needed. In 2009, 33,808 fatalities and another 2.2 million injuries were reported on U.S. roadways due to motor vehicle crashes. Ninety percent of victims in traffic crashes were occupants, accounting for 24,474 fatalities in 2009 (NHTSA 2009b). Injuries to occupants of motor vehicle crashes claim the lives of more people between five and 34 years of age than any other cause of injury (CDC 2010). An average of four children, 14 years and younger, are killed and 490 are injured each day in United States (U.S.) traffic crashes, based on 2009 statistics. Child passengers are innocent victims in crashes because they may not be the decision makers for the trips or any other factors associated with the trip (NHTSA 2009b). Involvement in road traffic crashes as vehicle occupants is a leading cause of death and serious injury among children.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25914/dot_25914_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 118.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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