Child Restraint System: Lessons Learned from Global Best Practices

Abstract

Road traffic injury is one of the major but neglected public health challenges globally. According to WHO (2018), road crash kills about 1.35 million people while it maims another 50 million, each year globally. Rapid urbanization and industrialization throughout the world have accelerated the growth of transport systems for faster communication. As a result, motor vehicles' mobility has increased to a great extent making roads more vulnerable for road users. Commuters' safety has, therefore, emerged as an issue of critical concern. Automobile manufacturers have taken passenger safety with due importance and have been improvising vehicles' safety measures. The major objective of this paper is to do a literature review of the global best practices. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the current vehicle safety system in ensuring child passengers' safety in a vehicle. Due to the unique physique, traveling children require safety devices that consider their age, height, and weight. An efficient way to improve that safety in moving vehicles is to use Child Restraint Systems (CRS) to 'hold' them during a probable collision. Unfortunately, there is little evidence in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs) relative to high-income countries (HICs). Increasing research on this aspect is vital, especially for LMICs, to make the device more straightforward and effective. This literature review deals with the existing practices regarding child safety in road journeys and probable steps for remedies and improvement, which could eventually be used as a guideline for transferring lessons learned from HICs to LMICs.

Research and Analysis of the Propagation of Vertical Vibrations in the Arrangement of a Vehicle Seat—A Child’s Seat

“…In Poland and in other European Union countries, transporting children in child seats is obligatory. The main task of child seats is to ensure the child's safety and reduce any possible injuries that may occur during a collision or road accident [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. There are many design solutions for child seats on the market, which differ in terms of the fastening system, construction material and safety level, and selecting the ideal seat is a difficult task for buyers [9][10][11][12][13][14].…”