The economic benefits of child safety seat misuse reduction programs and design improvements for children in rear seats.

Author(s)
Zaloshnja, E. & Miller, T.R.
Year
Abstract

This study finds that the break-even point for child safety seat misuse reduction programs and vehicle and seat design improvements is $121 a year per child seat in use, annual misuse reduction program cost is $6, and Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) cost $13 annually per seat in use (in 2004 dollars). To estimate societal injury cost savings we compared tow-away crash outcomes for children ages 0-4, traveling in child seats in the back of passenger vehicles in 1984-1986 vs. 1999-2005. Both injury frequency and severity were compared and entered into the calculation of mean injury costs. (Author/publisher)

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20072253 a13 ST (In: ST 20072253 CD-ROM)
Source

In: Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Melbourne, Australia, October 14-17, 2007, p. 197-206, 12 ref.

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