The investigation of accidents involving restrained children as part of the CREST project — Child Restraint System for Cars — funded by the European Commission

Grant, Rachel; Brute, Gilles; Hummel, Thomas; Otte, Dietmar; della Valle, Giancarlo

Affiliations

¹Vehicle Safety Research Centre, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

²Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics, PSA Peugeot Citroen/RENAULT, France

³Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V., Germany

⁴Accident Research Unit, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

⁵Accident Analysis Team, ELASIS, Italy

Abstract

The objective of Workpackage I of the CREST research programme is to acquire knowledge on injury mechanisms through an in-depth investigation of some 400 accident cases involving children using child restraint systems. These cases meet selection criteria of front or side impact, age of child and severity of injury of occupants.

The information gathered and the various methods of investigation of accident cases will be described.

A summary of information collected to date includes the number of children by injury severity, type of restraint and age and example cases will be presented.

Cited Works (1)

Year	Entry
1994	Otte D. The Accident Research Unit Hannover as example for importance and benefit of existing in depth investigations. In: Proceedings of the SAE International Congress & Exposition. February 28–March 3, 1994; Detroit, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE 940712.