Evaluation of Child Restraint System Effectiveness

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• Creators:
  Pai, Jia-Ern
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Age Groups Child Restraint Systems Fatalities Injury Severity Vehicle Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 047
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1530275
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  NHTSA recommends different child restraint systems for child occupants from birth to age 13. This evaluation separated child occupants into different age groups: 1- to 3-year-old, 3- to 5-year-old, 4- to 8-year-old, 5- to 8-year-old, and 7- to 8-year-old to examine the effects of child restraint systems on reducing fatalities and injury severity. For the 1- to 3-year-old and 3- to 5-year-old child occupants, car seats reduced more child fatalities than booster seats in non-rollover crashes (excluding rollovers) and all crashes (including rollovers) based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72668/dot_72668_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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