Citation

Sherwood CP, Abdelilah Y, Crandall JR. Annu. Proc. Assoc. Adv. Automot. Med. 2006; 50: 360-375.

Affiliation

Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16968649

PMCID

PMC3217483

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.

Language: en