Objectives Current information on the safety of rear row occupants of all ages is needed to
inform further advances in rear seat restraint system design and testing. The objectives of …

The notion that most crashes happen close to home has been repeated so often it has come
to be an accepted truth. Despite this, to our knowledge there have not been any studies to …

While belt usage among rear-seat passengers is disproportionately lower than their front-
seat counterpart, this may have serious consequences in the event of a crash not only for the …

Introduction Seat belt use reduces the risk of injuries and fatalities among motor vehicle
occupants in a crash, but belt use in rear seating positions is consistently lower than front …

In the last decade, technological advances and improved manufacturing processes have
significantly dropped the price tag of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets whilst …

The benefit of wearing a rear seatbelt in reducing the risk of motor vehicle crash-related
fatalities and injuries has been well documented in previous studies. Wearing a seatbelt not …

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the nationwide response to
passenger airbag (PA) related deaths of children. The response was implemented in 1996 …

Objective Advanced occupant protection systems in motor-vehicles (eg, seat belts and
airbags), while widely adopted for front-seat passengers, are either absent or offer …

Frontal-crash sled tests were conducted to assess submarining protection and abdominal
injury risk for midsized male occupants in the rear seat of modern vehicles. Twelve sled tests …

While historically the rear seat has been considered safer than the front seat, recent studies
have suggested that adult occupants have a higher relative risk of injury and death in the …