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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2011, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3): 185-191.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2011.03.001

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Child passenger safety regulation comparison between Europe and United States and the developing trends

ZHANG Jinhuan1,  LI Zhigang1,  HU Jingwen2,  CHENG Bo1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
    2. Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
  • Received:2011-09-06 Online:2011-09-27 Published:2011-10-13

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Abstract: Regulations such as FMVSS 213 in the USA and ECE R44 in Europe have been widely used for child passenger safety. These two regulations and other relevant references were analyzed and compared, which shows that  ECE R44 is superior to FMVSS 213 in test conditions, child injury criteria, and fixed forms of child restraint systems, and is inferior to FMVSS 213 in child dummies used at present. When stipulating Chinese regulations for child passenger safety, ECE R44 should be focused with the advantages of FMVSS 213 also included. Therefore, the future research in child passenger safety should include the child injury biomechanics, child dummy improvement, seatbelt position determination, and dummy posture control.

Key words: passenger car, child passenger safety, regulation, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and  Regulations (FMVSS), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), biomechanics, child dummy

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