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Tykes and Bikes: Injuries Associated With Bicycle-Towed Child Trailers and Bicycle-Mounted Child Seats

Article Abstract:

Children riding in bicycle-towed trailers or bicycle-mounted child seats should wear helmets. Between 1990 and 1998, 43 child injuries related to bicycle-mounted child seats were reported to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for 1990 to 1998 and 6 child injuries related to bicycle-towed trailers were reported. Falls and collisions with a car were the most frequent cause of injury. Injury to the head and face was most common, accounting for 83% of all injuries in bicycle-towed trailers and half of all injuries in bicycle-mounted child seats.

Accidents, Bicycles

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Actions Without Consequences: Injury-Related Messages in Children's Programs

Article Abstract:

Many children's TV programs contain characters that engage in unsafe behaviors. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed 216 television programs specifically targeted to children. Almost half of the programs depicted at least one unsafe behavior, and one-third contained more than three. Fifty-seven percent of the children's programs on basic cable TV depicted unsafe behavior compared to 23% of the children's programs on public TV. Cartoon characters were most likely to engage in unsafe activities.

Wounds and injuries, Media coverage, Television programs for children

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Computer Crash Simulations in the Development of Child Occupant Safety Policies

Article Abstract:

Researchers report the use of crash simulation software to show that young children in the front seat of a car are at risk of injury from air bag activation in the event of a crash. If children are not restrained by a seat belt system, they would suffer serious head, neck, and chest injuries with air bag activation, even in a minor crash. If they are restrained, they would only suffer severe injuries in a severe crash. Children restrained in the rear seat would not be affected by air bag activation.

Health aspects, Air bag restraint systems, Airbag restraint systems, Traffic accidents, Computer simulation

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