2.1 WORKSHOP TO IDENTIFY CRS MISUSE
MEASURES (BASED ON INJURY SEVERITY)
2.2 CRITERIA FOR SITE SELECTION
2.3 STATE AND GEOGRAPHIC REGION SITE
SELECTION
2.4 TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOP
2.5 DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS
2.6 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
2.7 FIELD PERSONNEL
2.8 TRAINING
2.9 DATA COLLECTION
2.10 SITE CHARACTERISTICS
2.11 DATA ANALYSIS
3.1 SAMPLE SIZE CHARACTERISTICS
3.2 VEHICLE SEATING POSITION OF CHILDREN
3.3 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM (CRS) USE
3.4 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM (CRS) MISUSE
3.5 HARNESS RETAINER CLIP MISUSE
3.6 OTHER CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM (CRS)
MISUSE TYPES AND LATCH USE
3.7 SAFETY BELT (SB) ONLY USE BY CHILDREN
3.8 UNRESTRAINED CHILDREN
3.9 DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS
3.10 AIR BAG SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
Table 1 Child restraint laws of States
in the study (as of September 2002)
Table 2 Safety belt laws of States in
the study (as of September 2002)
Table 3 Number of sampled vehicles and
children (State and total)
Table 4 Number of sampled children,
by weight (State and total)
Table 5 Number of sampled children,
by age (State and total)
Table 6 Number of sampled children by
type of restraint used (State and total)
Table 7 Type of restraint used by weight
Table 8 Comparison of current and past
NHTSA CRS misuse observation studies.
(Children less than 60 lb only data)
Table 9 Type of restraint used by age
Table 10 Type of child restraint used
by weight
Table 11 Type of child restraint used
by age
Table 12 Percentage of CRSs exhibiting
critical misuses, by CRS type
Table 13 Critical misuses of infant
seats
Table 14 Critical misuses of rear-facing
convertible seats
Table 15 Critical misuses of forward-facing
convertible seats
Table 16 Critical misuses of forward-facing
only seats
Table 17 Critical misuses of belt-positioning
booster seats
Table 18 Critical misuses of shield
boosters.
Table 19 Critical misuses of forward-facing
integrated seats
Table 20 Harness retainer clip misuse
by CRS type