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Rear-Facing Child Car Seats: Are Laws Requiring Them Effective?, Eli Friedman, Henry J. Carretta, Joshua Jordan, Leslie M. Beitsch
Rear-Facing Child Car Seats: Are Laws Requiring Them Effective?, Eli Friedman, Henry J. Carretta, Joshua Jordan, Leslie M. Beitsch
Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research
Introduction: Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death in children aged ≤ 2 years in the U.S. The American Academy of Pediatrics advised that children should remain in rear-facing child car seats to mitigate injury from the most common type of severe collision (frontal). Several states have passed laws following these recommendations.
Methods: In 2013 publicly available statutes and comprehensive motor vehicle fatality data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System database were used to investigate whether there is a relationship between motor vehicle crash fatality rates for children under 1 year of age …