Misuse of Child Restraints (Report)

The purpose of this study was to obtain a measure of the current level of misuse of child restraint systems (CRSs) among the general public.  The project focused specifically on forms of misuse that can be expected to raise the risk of injury.  CRS use and critical misuse data were collected in the Fall of 2002.  Overall critical misuse was 72.6 percent. Recommendations are provided for periodic monitoring of CRS misuse, research needs and enforcement education.  8.5" x 11", two color, 55 pages.