Safety of children in road traffic in connection with child safety equipment in motor vehicles
Overview
Background & policy context:
The project is related to Czech compliance with UN Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) Regulation No. 44 (protocol with international validity), which concerns child restraint systems in vehicles.
Objectives:
The project is aimed at obtaining information for use in preparing the positions of the Czech representatives in international bodies forming the respective regulations and directives. This involves developing, testing and putting into service the set of devices for testing in accordance with UN ECE Regulation No. 44.
Methodology:
Side impacts were planned and performed (various Child Restraint Systems with Type P dummies from FTSS Europe were used), and also frontal impacts without Child Restraint Systems (those dummies were fastened to a bus seat with 2-point and 3-point adult seatbelts). Durability tests were also performed by repeated opening and closing of the restraint buckles and adjustments of the straps (5000 times) as well as checks on buckle opening forces and on the installation and use instructions.
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