Resources

The agencies and organizations listed below can provide more information on seat belt use and child passenger safety, and links to numerous other resources.

 

Seat Belts and Child Passenger Safety

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
  • Occupant Protection – www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/seat-belts#resources-resources
  • Car Seats and Booster Seats – www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/car-seats-and-booster-seats
  • Research and Evaluation – www.nhtsa.gov/behavioral-research;

    • Behavioral Safety Research Reports - http://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/

• AAA:

  • Seat Belts – http://exchange.aaa.com/safety/roadway-safety/safety-belts/

  • ​​​​​Child Passenger Safety – http://exchange.aaa.com/safety/child-safety/

• AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: www.aaafoundation.org

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Annual Car Seat Information For Families guide: www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/on-the-go/Pages/Car-Safety-Seats-Information-for-Families.aspx

• Automotive Safety Program, Riley Hospital for Children: www.preventinjury.org

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Injury Prevention & Control: Motor Vehicle Safety: www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/index.html

• Center for Injury Research and Prevention, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: https://injury.research.chop.edu/traffic-injury-prevention/child-passenger-safety#.WMauPU2Qzcs

• Governors Highway Safety Association: www.ghsa.org/html/issues/occprotection/index.html

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:

  • Safety Belts – www.iihs.org/topics/seat-belts

  • Child Safety – www.iihs.org/topics/child-safety

• National Safety Council:

  • Child Passenger Safety – www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/Child-Passenger-Safety.aspx

  • Child Safety Seats & Boosters -www.nsc.org/safety_road/DriverSafety/Pages/ChildPassengerSafety.aspx

• Safe Kids Worldwide:

  • Seat Belts: www.safekids.org/safetytips/field_risks/seatbelt

  • Car Seats: www.safekids.org/car-seat

  • Booster Seats: www.safekids.org/safetytips/field_risks/booster-seat

• Safe Ride News Publications: www.saferidenews.com

• National Child Passenger Safety Board: www.cpsboard.org

• SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.: www.carseat.org/

• University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute: www.cpsbestpractice.org 

Key terms

• CIOT: NHTSA's Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement campaign.

• CPS: Child Passenger Safety

• HVE: High-Visibility Enforcement

• LATCH: Lower Anchors and Tethers For Children

• NCRUSS: The National Child Restraint Use Special Study. A NHTSA observational study of the use of car seats and booster seats for child passengers.

• Primary enforcement seat belt use laws permit LEOs to stop and cite a violator independent of any other traffic violation. Child Passenger Safety laws are primary, unless they are covering older children in the rear seat.

• Secondary enforcement laws allow LEOs to cite violators only after they first have been stopped for some other traffic violation.

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