Since nearly half of children fatally injured in automobile crashes were restrained, optimizing occupant protection systems for children is essential to reducing morbidity and mortality. Data from the Partners for Child Passenger Safety study were used to compare the differential injury risk between drivers and their child passengers in the same crash, with a focus on vehicle model year. A matched cohort design and conditional logistic regression model were used in the analyses. Overall, injury risk for drivers was higher than for children, but the risk difference was largest for the oldest model year vehicles, particularly for children aged 4 - 8 in seat belts. While drivers experienced significant benefits in safety with increasing model years, children restrained by safety belts alone derived less safety benefit from newer vehicles.


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    Title :

    Are child passengers bringing up the rear? Evidence for differential improvements in injury risk between drivers and their child passengers


    Additional title:

    Bilden kindliche Passagiere das Schlusslicht? Hinweise auf unterschiedliche Verbesserungen des Verletzungsrisikos zwischen Fahrern und Kindern als deren Passagiere


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    15 Seiten, 23 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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