Principal Investigator: Valentina Graci, PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

With child restraint systems (CRS) being an essential component of child travel in vehicles, it is likely that portable CRS will be integrated in greater capacity in the imminent future. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly evaluate the safety implications of these novel CRS designs and compare them to traditional boosters to understand their benefits and drawbacks. This project leverages the Consumer Reports survey of caregivers to gather insights on currently used portable CRS. The most commonly used models will be identified and tested to examine child motion during frontal impacts and compared to traditional CRS such as a high-back booster.