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Traffic Safety Facts Research Note: Additional Analysis of National Child Restraint Use Special Study: Child Restraint Misuse
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2018-07-01
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Series: NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
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Alternative Title:Additional Analysis of National Child Restraint Use Special Study: Child Restraint Misuse
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Abstract:The National Child Restraint Use Special Study (NCRUSS), conducted in 2011, recorded the use of car seats and belt-positioning booster seats in children from birth to 8 years old in 4,167 vehicles. Observers approached vehicles that carried at least one child. They interviewed the drivers and recorded observations of the restraint of one child per vehicle. Observers collected detailed information on drivers, vehicles, the restraint status of the child, the child’s car seat (if present), the installation of the car seat, and specific use of the car seat to restrain the child (e.g., harness placement and tightness). This included each driver’s self-reported confidence in the correct installation of the car seat. “Misuse” was defined as a characteristic of installation or use of a car seat/booster seat that may reduce the protection of the child in a crash. Installation did not have to be perfect. Only deviations that might compromise the protective function were defined as misuses for the purposes of the NCRUSS.
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Content Notes:Raymond, P., Searcy, S., & Findley, D. (2018, July). Additional analysis of National Child Restraint Use Special Study: Child restraint misuse (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 527). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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