A new NHTSA study, “Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes,” analyzes the frequency of incapacitating crash injuries to children, as well as the most common types of injuries that occur. The research looks at children in three groups: under age 1, ages 1 to 3, and ages 4 to 7. The real-world data verify that significant injury is far more common among unrestrained children and in certain types of crashes, and that child restraints reduce the likelihood of incapacitating injury for all three age groups. The head was the most common region of injury for all children, but the type of head injury varied by age group, as did types of serious injury to other body regions.
Transport Canada recently updated its website to include the findings of CR crash test research it conducted between 2003 and 2009. Included along with the research description and findings are many crash test video clips. The videos depict a wide range of CR models and dummy sizes crashed in a variety of vehicle models. Tests were done for both LATCH (UAS, or Universal Anchorage System, in Canada) and seat belt installations, with and without tethers.
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