Samenvatting
The goal of this Symposium was to assemble, from a medical perspective, the knowledge currently available world-wide about motor vehicle occupant restraint. The Proceedings contain the papers presented at the Symposium, grouped according to the following six topical areas: (I) Medical and social perspectives of occupant restraint; (II) Seat belt effectiveness; (III) Mandatory seat belt laws and enforcement; (IV) Automatic restraints; (V) Special needs of infants, children and the handicapped; and (VI) Occupant restraint: an overview. For abstracts of the papers presented see B 19156 - B 19178.