| Title | Partners for child passenger safety: a unique child-specific crash surveillance system. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Durbin D, Bhatia E, Holmes JH, Shaw KN, Werner JV, Sorenson W, Winston FK |
| Journal | Accid Anal Prev |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 407-12 |
| Date Published | 2001 May |
| ISSN | 0001-4575 |
| Keywords | Accidents, Traffic, Adolescent, Child, Child Welfare, Child, Preschool, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Information Systems, Insurance Claim Review, Interinstitutional Relations, Male, Population Surveillance, United States, Wounds and Injuries |
| Abstract | Insurance claims data were combined with telephone survey and on-site crash investigation data to create the first large scale, child-focused motor vehicle crash surveillance system in the US. Novel data management and transfer techniques were used to create a nearly real-time data collection system. In the first year of this on-going project, known as Partners for Child Passenger Safety, over 1200 children < or = 15 years of age per week were identified in crashes reported to State Farm Insurance Co. from 15 states and Washington, D.C. Partners for Child Passenger Safety is similar in its design and overall objectives to National Automotive Sampling System (NASS), the only other population-based crash surveillance system currently operating in the US. |
| Alternate Journal | Accid Anal Prev |
| PubMed ID | 11235802 |
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
