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“A loose harness may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.” The car seats list for $400 and more at retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Pottery Barn and ...
711 children aged 12 and under were fatally injured in a car crash in 2021 and 63,000 were injured in 2020. (CDC) ... Replacing a car seat after a collision.
Evenflo Co. Inc. has recalled almost 14,000 Maestro Combination Booster Seats after safety tests showed the car seats could crack during an accident and not sufficiently restrain a child ...
A study of car crash data from 16 U.S. states found that children under the age of 3 were 43% less likely to be injured in a car crash if their car seat was fastened in the center of the back seat rather than on one side. Results were based on data from 4,790 car crashes involving children aged 3 and younger between 1998 and 2006.
Head restraint in a Lincoln Town Car. Head restraints (also called headrests) are an automotive safety feature, attached or integrated into the top of each seat to limit the rearward movement of the adult occupant's head, relative to the torso, in a collision — to prevent or mitigate whiplash or injury to the cervical vertebrae.
The seats that the drivers sit in have evolved over the past few years. Most of the seats found in the race cars wrap around the driver's rib cage. This provides some support during a crash, spreading the load out over the entire rib cage instead of letting it concentrate in a smaller area.
“Car seats are designed to absorb crash energy to keep the child passenger safe and protected. Even though a car seat may appear undamaged after an accident, the structural integrity could be ...
Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; [5] 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. In 1966, after Congress and the general public had become thoroughly horrified by five years of skyrocketing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the enactment of the Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety ...