Quantifying the relationship between vehicle interior geometry and child restraint systems.

Author(s)
Sherwood, C.P. Abdelilah, Y. & Crandall, J.R.
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Abstract

The prevention of interactions of children or child restraints with other vehicle structures is critical to child passenger safety. Fifteen current vehicles and seven rear and forward facing child restraint systems were measured in an attempt to quantify the available distance between child restraints and these vehicle structures. Rear facing child restraints exhibited such small amounts of clearance that contact would be expected in the majority of frontal crashes. Upper tethers are critical in the prevention of head contact, while head contact is likely when the upper tether is not used. (Author/publisher)

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20062291 x ST (In: ST 20062291 CD-ROM)
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In: Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Chicago, Illinois, October 16-18, 2006, p. 381-396, 12 ref.

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