Lateral side impact crash simulation of restrained 3 year old child

• Main Authors: Shasthri, Sevaguru, Venkatason, Kausalyah, Shah, Qasim Hussain, Idres, Moumen, Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman, Wong, Sha Voon
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Switzerland 2014
• Subjects: TL1 Motor vehicles
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/40911/1/S_RECAR_AMM_conf_2013.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40911/4/40911_Lateral%20side%20impact%20crash%20simulation%20of%20restrained%203%20year%20old%20child_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40911/; http://www.scientific.net/AMM.663.590

Motor vehicle crashes have become the leading cause of death for children in many developed countries and the trend is on the rise in Malaysia. Child anatomy and physiology necessitates a separate restraints system to be implemented during vehicle travel. Although approximately twice as many cras...