Citation

Backaitis SH, Medlin JWJ, Radovich VG, Stalnaker RL, Shah MP, Shaffer JT, Letscher RM. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1975; 19: 345-403.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

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Abstract

The following three-way program undertaken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is described: 1. Development of a standardized automobile seat on which child restraint systems could be evaluated. 2. Instrumentation and testing of child test dummies to determine if available dummies could be used in evaluation of child restraint systems, and 3. comparative testing of dummies and primates for the purpose of selecting a dummy which best simulates a child's response in a crash and thus would be most suitable for evaluation of child restraint systems. Because of somewhat different objectives and requirements, for each phase of the program, this paper is structured in three separate parts. Each part contains the needed background, test data, discussions and conclusions.