Question Death and injury statistics

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jvfierro

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I need some statistics about deaths and injuries before car seats became mandatory. I have been searching the internet for over an hour without results. Anyone know where I can find them?
 
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bree

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I don't have a link to something that exactly answers that question, but I figured I'd share some links that might help you research the topic further. :)

This study is from Febrary 1986 and mentions some of the background of child restraint laws: "Between 1978 and 1985 every State, beginning with Tennessee, passed laws requiring safety seats for young child passengers." That study also looked at the period from 1979-1984 and found that "The actual number of child passenger fatalities dropped steadily from 694 in 1979 to 551 in 1984. If restraints had been unavailable for children, the number of fatalities would have remained almost constant." It also talks about the misuse of car seats.

Maybe some of the following links could help as well:

FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM (FARS) ENCYCLOPEDIA: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

The Children's Hospital of Philadephia's Center for Injury Research & Prevention: http://www.research.chop.edu/programs/injury/publications/

This reference list from this study from 1998 includes the studies that allowed the researchers to conclude that "There is strong evidence of the effectiveness of child safety seat laws to reduce fatal and nonfatal injuries and to increase child safety seat use, according to the rules of evidence used for the Community Guide" so maybe something from the reference list might have the numbers from before car seat laws were mandatory.
 

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