Incidence and Factors Associated with Child Safety Seat Misuse

摘要

Data were collected in 10 cities across the country and involved observation of seat use and determination of factors associated with specific types of misuse. Misuse of safety seats was 64.6 percent for the 1,006 safety seats observed. Data was collected on toddler, infant and booster seats. Of the children not harnessed, almost all of those responsible (95 percent) were aware of this fact. The most common reason given was that the child slips out or takes off the harness. The findings indicate that safety seats which are more comfortable for the child, easier to use, and have fewer opportunities of misuse, are more correctly. Several countermeasures are proposed to reduce misuse of safety seats.