Belt fit for children in vehicle seats with and without belt-positioning boosters

BA West, MP Reed, A Benedick… - Traffic injury …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… 9 to improve belt fit and reduce crash injuries and deaths. … vehicle crashes (MVCs) are a
leading cause of death among … decreased risk for injury among children in crashes who were …

Evaluation of static belt fit and belt torso contact for children on belt-positioning booster seats

GH Baker, JA Mansfield, RL Hunter… - Traffic Injury …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… by centralizing the child’s position in the seat, reducing slouched postures, and improving …
use, motor vehicle crashes (MVC) remain the leading cause of injury death for children aged 5…

The effectiveness of booster seat use in motor vehicle collisions

TM Pitt, AW Howard, T HubkaRao, BE Hagel - Accident Analysis & …, 2021 - Elsevier
injury severity of children four to eight years in collision using … reduce this bias by splitting
any reported injury with no injury; … belt-positioning booster seats in side impact crashes. In: …

[HTML][HTML] Child posture and belt fit in a range of booster configurations

MLH Jones, S Ebert, MA Manary, MP Reed… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Belt positioning boosters reduce injury risk for child occupants compared with seat belts …
Suboptimal postures and belt fit may increase the risk of injuries in the event of a crash [31]. …

[PDF][PDF] Real-World Protection of Booster-Seated Children–Needs and Challenges In Future Transportation

L Jakobsson, K Bohman… - … Safety of Vehicles (ESV) …, 2023 - www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov
Belt-positioning booster seats and reduction in risk of injury among children in vehicle crashes,
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Child Safety in Car Crashes: A Modeling Approach for Safety System Improvements

S Yusoff, NS Fakhira, NHB Jemily - Progress in Engineering Technology …, 2022 - Springer
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(like a backless booster, but … of booster seat effectiveness in reducing injury in motor vehicle

[HTML][HTML] Safety/booster seats in pediatric motor vehicle crashes: public health concern

J Santos, A Grigorian, M Schellenberg… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
children involved in motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are unknown. We hypothesized that
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[HTML][HTML] Parameter Study for Child Booster Seats in Frontal Collisions

X Zhang, J Gao, W Tu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
… The booster seat is a Child Restraint System (CRS) for middle-aged and older children
and can significantly reduce children’s injuries during a motor vehicle crash. According to the …

Investigation of factors influencing submarining mitigation with child booster seats

J Forman, M Miller, D Perez-Rapela… - Traffic injury …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… fit for children that are too large for a harness-style child restraint, … Factors reducing adoption
of booster seats (and child restraint … during an automobile collision. Retrospective field data …

Variations in booster seat use by child characteristics

E Sartin, CC McDonald, DL Long, D Stavrinos… - Journal of Safety …, 2020 - Elsevier
… other seats, belt positioning booster seats allow children more … to booster seats, harnessed
seats may reduce the risk of … couple a harnessed seat into a vehicle during a crash, but may …