Use of Child Safety Seats: Laws Mandating Use

Included Studies

Evans WN, Graham JD. An estimate of the lifesaving benefit of child restraint use legislation. J Health Econ 1990;9:121–42.

Guerin D, MacKinnon DP. An assessment of the California child passenger restraint requirement. Am J Public Health 1985;75:142–4.

Margolis LH, Wagenaar AC, Liu W. The effects of a mandatory child restraint law on injuries requiring hospitalization. Am J Dis Child 1988; 142:1099–103.

Rock SM. Impact of the Illinois child passenger protection act: a retrospective look. Accid Anal Prev 1996;28:487–92.

Seekins T, Fawcett SB, Cohen SH, et al. Experimental evaluation of public policy: the case of state legislation for child passenger safety. J Appl Behav Anal 1988;21:233–43.

Sewell CM, Hull HF, Fenner J, Graff H, Pine J. Child restraint law effects on motor vehicle accident fatalities and injuries: the New Mexico experience. Pediatrics 1986;78:1079–84.

Wagenaar AC, Maybee RG, Sullivan KP. Michigan’s compulsory restraint use policies: effects on injuries and deaths. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, 1987. UMTRI 87-10.

Wagenaar AC, Webster DW, Maybee RG. Effects of child restraint laws on traffic fatalities in eleven states. J Trauma 1987;27:726–32.

Williams AF, Wells JK. Evaluation of the Rhode Island child restraint law. Am J Public Health 1981;71:742–3.