A cross sectional observational study of child restraint use in Queensland following changes in legislation
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01/05/2012
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As part of an evaluation of the 2010 legislation for child vehicle occupants in Queensland, road-side observations of private passenger vehicles were used to estimate the proportions of children 0-under 7 years travelling in each of the 5 different restraint types (eg. forward facing child restraint). Data was collected in 4 major population centres: Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Mackay and Townsville. Almost all children were restrained (95.1%, 95% CI 94.3-95.9%), with only 3.3% (95% CI 2.6-4.0%) clearly unrestrained and 44 (1.6%, 95% CI 1.1-2.1%) for whom restraint status could not be determined (‘unknown’). However, around 24.0% (95 CI 21.8-26.2%) of the target-aged children were deemed inappropriately restrained, primarily comprised of 3-6 year olds in seatbelts (18.7% of the 0-6 year olds, 95% CI 16.3-21.1%) or unrestrained (3.7% of the 0-6 year olds, 95% CI 2.5-4.9%) instead of booster seats. In addition, compliance appeared significantly lower for some regional locations where the proportion of children observed as completely unrestrained was relatively high and of concern |
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Australasian College of Road Safety |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53450/2/53450.pdf http://acrs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/ACRS-Journal-23_No2-2012toweb.pdf Lennon, Alexia J. (2012) A cross sectional observational study of child restraint use in Queensland following changes in legislation. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 23(2), pp. 45-53. |
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Copyright 2012 Australasian College of Road Safety |
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Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling |
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Journal Article |