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Traffic-related trauma is the most common cause of fatality and severe injury to children in developed countries. Injury epidemiology has shown that special attention is needed for the 3-year-olds in boosters and the 12-year-olds in seat belts only. The aim of this paper is to study the frontal and side-impact models and to use them to investigate and define the beneficial characteristics of restraint systems and other crash-related car parameters. Qualitative approaches using two load cases were analyzed and validated via video. The validations from the frontal impact type and near-side impact showed that the child had high potential to mitigate injuries resulting from a frontal impact. The upper belt anchor point should be positioned so that the belt is routed near the mid-shoulder (slightly toward the neck) and encloses the shoulder (tight fit). These findings are significant contributions to the continuous work of mitigating traffic accident induced injuries and fatalities to children.
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Yusoff, S., Fakhira, N.S., Jemily, N.H.B. (2022). Child Safety in Car Crashes: A Modeling Approach for Safety System Improvements. In: Abu Bakar, M.H., Abdul Razak, M.AH., Öchsner, A. (eds) Progress in Engineering Technology IV. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 169. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93250-3_9
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