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Child restraint field study : TARU 7/77

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 20/12/2025

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This report deals with an in-depth study of 149 children who were ostensibly restrained in preparation for crashes, and who actually experienced collisions of the passenger cars in which they were travelling. Children in child restraints approved by the Standards Association of Australia received nothing worse than minor injury. Similarly, restrained bassinets gave moderate protection. Seat belts supplied for adults tended to be worn very loosely by children and in that condition did not provide adequate restraint. Most of the injuries sustained were to the head region following contacts with car interiors. Recommendations are made for improving crash protection.

Note: This resource was originally published on opengov.nsw.gov.au. The OpenGov website has been retired. If you have any questions, please contact the Agency Services team at transfer@mhnsw.au

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  • Traffic Accident Research Unit (TARU)

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Title Child restraint field study : TARU 7/77
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f83efe5d-2583-46a6-8529-c7667e9689fa
Remote Last Updated 13/11/2025
Contact Point
Reference Period 09/09/2021
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales
Data Portal DataNSW

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Child restraint field study : TARU 7/77". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-3-17529-child-restraint-field-study-taru-7-77