An investigation on child occupant safety in passenger vehicles based on accident data from Changsha, China
Paper i proceeding, 2013

The objective of this study is to determine the traffic safety situation of child occupants in the urban areas of Changsha, China. For this purpose, accident data were collected from the local traffic police authority. The selected samples have been dated from January 1,2001 to December 31,2010, durich which 1, 629 traffic accidents involving children occurred in Changsha. A total of 331 child occupants up to 15 years of age were identified in these accidents. A statistical analysis was then conducted in terms of the accident type, accident scenario, child age, gender, injury region, and injury severity. The results indicate that the side impact is the most common accident scenario in the child occupant accidents, accounting for 45% of all the cases. The major type of the accidents is the double-vehicle crashes in which passenger vehicles account for 73.4%. No child restraint system (CRS) was identified in the selected accidents. The head and extremity injuries have a high frequency in the child injuries. With the implementation of safey regulations, common knowledge about the traffic safety for child occupants should be strengthen, and CRS will be required in cars to protect child occupants.

Statistical analysis

Accident characteristics

Child occupant

Accident data

Författare

Sunan Huang

Xiamen University of Technology

Yong Peng

Xiamen University of Technology

Xingmei Yang

Hunan University

Jikuang Yang

Chalmers, Tillämpad mekanik, Fordonssäkerhet

Xuenong Zhou

Hunan Police Academy

Chao Zhang

Zhimin Liu

Traffic Police Branch of Changsha

Weiqiang Li

Police Hospital of Changsha

Proceedings - 2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013

218-221
9780769549323 (ISBN)

Styrkeområden

Transport

Ämneskategorier

Tillförlitlighets- och kvalitetsteknik

DOI

10.1109/ICMTMA.2013.325

ISBN

9780769549323

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2017-10-06