In this workshop past safety studies with strategic, controversial or unexpected results will be scrutinised. Between the presentations of scheduled papers, related topics will be discussed upon short oral presentations of selected contributions from delegates (not in proceedings). A major workshop objective is to elucidate the great influence on safety ratings from the investigators' experience (both practical and scientific) as well as from risk perspective and preferences. Ratings may concern car models, vehicle type and parameters (mass, geometry, deficiencies, etc.), equipment (ABS-brakes, studded tyres, air-bags, etc.) or education and supervision (safe-driving courses, vehicle inspection, etc.) considered by the International Standards Organisation Working Group. In the UK, a consortium of car and restraint manufacturers and research organisations has been studying the requirements for such a system taking into account the range of car seat dimensions and child restraint types as a contribution to the ISO work. This paper describes the results of this study and gives the UK recommendations.
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