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Seating children in the rear of vehicles has been shown to decrease the odds of being fatally injured in a motor vehicle crash by 36% to 40%. Although rear seating is safer, rates of children being front-seated remain high, especially for older children. Few states have enacted legislation regarding child seat placement, and only one state indicates a requirement that children of a certain age be rear-seated regardless of the circumstances. While differences in traffic safety between rural and urban areas have been extensively researched, only one other known study has been conducted on rural/urban differences in child seat placement. In this paper, rural and urban differences in child seat placement within vehicles are analyzed. The objective of this research was to determine if rural/urban differences in child seat placement. The results of this study indicate that there are significant rural/urban differences in child seat placement, and that parents are aware of the increased safety of placing their children in the rear seats of vehicles.

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11-1178

English

13p

2011

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (3) ; References (40) ; Tables (2)

Automobiles; Child restraint systems; Children; Front seat occupants; Highway safety; Parents; Pickup trucks; Rear seat occupants; Rural areas; Safety education; Urban areas

North Dakota

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1178

TRIS, TRB

Feb 17 2011 5:42PM