Child Passenger Safetyin Other Vehicles

StandardizedChild Passenger Safety

Training ProgramWinter 2004

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Objectives

•Describe and analyze the safety issues related to pickup trucks and cargo areas

•Describe how school bus occupant safety issues differ from passenger vehicle’s

•Analyze transportation safety issues related to paid contractors

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Objectives

• List and discuss the current FAA regulations and recommendations regarding CPS

•Describe special factors of occupant protection in emergency vehicles

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Pickup Trucks/Cargo Areas

• Standards same as passenger cars• Some equipped with

air bag on/off switch• Many conflicts with

CPS (e.g., side-facing jump seats)

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Pickup Trucks/Cargo Areas Concerns

• No rear seat• Narrow rear bench

seat• Limited interior space• Jump seats• Cargo areas not for

passengers

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Pickup Trucks/Cargo Areas Recommendations

• Try another CRS

•Air bag on/off switch

•May need another vehicle

Other Vehicles - 6

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School Bus Safety Issues

• Statistically the safest transportation- Larger & heavier

- Lower risk travel

- Conspicuous

- Meets stringent FMVSSs

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School Bus Safety Issues

• Safer than cars• Only .2 percent of fatal

crashes• Occupant protection

features:- Compartmentalization

- Safety belts: required on small buses

- Installed on all new buses in some states

- Requirements for use varies

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School Bus Safety Issues

Compartmentalization

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20 in. min

24 in. max

SRP

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NHTSA School Bus Safety Recommendations• Guidelines for Safe

Transportation of Pre-School Age Children in School Buses- Recent NHTSA testing re:

transport of preschoolers in CRS

- Easiest to use small buses with belts

- Integrated CRS seats available

- Retrofit lap belts only as manufacturers recommend

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School Bus Safety Occupant Protection Requirements

• Large buses >10,000 pounds- Compartmentalization required- Check with manufacturer for belt retrofits- Integrated CRSs

• Small buses <10,000 pounds- Safety belts required- Lower LATCH anchors required in at least 2

seating positions (but tether anchors not required in school buses) - Easier to install CRSs

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Children With Special Health Care Needs

• Individual Education Plan (IEP)

•National Standards for School Transportation

•Special needs occupant restraint systems- Appropriate selection

- Use of approved devices

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FAA Issues

•No restraint required birth-2 years old

•Turbulence and survivable crashes

• Inversion test

•MUST be labeled for airplane use

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FAA Issues

Allowable CRs:- Rear-facing

-Forward-facing to 40 pounds

- Safety belt over 40 pounds

- NO boosters or vests

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Emergency Vehicles

Issues:- NO side facing seats

- NO CRSs with safety screen in LE vehicle

- Use in certified anchor locations

- Secure loose objects

- Transport non-injured child in alternate vehicle

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Emergency Vehicle Recommendations

• Training

•Access to CRs

•Develop and follow protocols

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