Citation

McCray LB, Brewer J. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 2005; 2005: 6p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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Abstract

In the last 30 years, our nation has achieved significant gains in child passenger safety. Child restraint systems (child safety seats and booster seats) have saved thousands of children. Even though child restraint systems have proven to be an excellent concept for injury mitigation, Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for the purpose of improving the safety of child restraints. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was able to conduct extensive research within the mandated timeframe. Many consumer information programs were developed, and some improved upon, to provide better consumer information on child safety restraints, usage, etc. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards were upgraded and are currently being upgraded to continue improvements in child safety. This paper provides a status on recent analyses and proposed child safety research efforts.