This paper investigates the effects the four most common misuses of a child safety seat (CSS) have on a toddler involved in a motor vehicle crash using a validated MADYMO model. These misuses involved a locking clip, shoulder harness chest clip and straps, and vehicle safety belt. A properly seated toddler in a forward-facing CSS was secured to a standard vehicle seat in a 48-kph frontal collision. The new proposed injury criteria (HIC, chest acceleration, and maximum axial neck load) and other occupant responses were used for model evaluation. For a CSS with as little as 3 centimeters of excessive slack in the vehicle safety belt, the child dummy exceeds each of the injury threshold values. Although some misuses provide a significant increase in injury response, the other misuses either individually or combined did not increase the injury potential of the child dummy in this CSS to unacceptable levels.


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    Title :

    Effects of common misuses of a child safety seat in an automobile crash


    Contributors:
    Canha, J. (author) / Greif, R. (author) / Neat, G. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    17 Seiten, 16 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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