National Child Passenger Safety Week — September 15–21, 2013

National Child Passenger Safety Week — September 14–20, 2014

Announcement: National Child Passenger Safety Week — September 17–23, 2017

Traffic Safety–Related Priorities for Preteens and Adolescents

Significant progress has been made in reducing the number of motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries among young children in the United States. From 1996 to 2012, there was a 55% decline in MVC fatalities and a 53% decline in MVC injuries among children ages 14 and younger. 1-3 Despite this success, maintaining appropriate restraint use as children age continues to be a challenge. In 2013, 2% of chi...

Child passenger restraints in relation to other second-row passengers: an analysis of the 2007-2009 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats.

OBJECTIVE Child restraint systems (CRS) are increasingly being designed to accommodate larger children and to mitigate side impact injuries. Little is known about the impact of CRS on the safety of other vehicle passengers due to limitations of existing crash databases. This study provides the first assessment of the seating positions occupied by child passengers and the relationship between CR...

Disparities in age-appropriate child passenger restraint use among children aged 1 to 12 years.

OBJECTIVE Observed racial disparities in child safety seat use have not accounted for socioeconomic factors. We hypothesized that racial differences in age-appropriate restraint use would be modified by socioeconomic status and child passenger safety information sources. METHODS A 2-site, cross-sectional tablet-based survey of parents seeking emergency care for their 1- to 12-year-old child w...