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Final Year Project 2020/2021

Child Safety in Car Crashes: A

Modelling Approach for Safety System

Improvements

Student’s Name: Nurul Syasya Fakhira Binti Anis Ariff
Supervisor’s Name: Nor Haniza Binti Bakhtiar Jemily

Supervisor’s Email: norhaniza@unikl.edu.my

Abstract Over the past decade, there has been a deeply troubling increase in the number of
vehicle traffic fatalities involving children. The head is the most important body region to
protect for all ages of children, while the thorax is equally important for older children. The
impact of a collision that occurs on a child while in a child safety seat stems from the thickness
of the armrests and seatbelts. The purpose of this study is to identify the specification of booster
seats for children. Other than that, to propose a new design for a booster seat, and use it to
investigate and define the beneficial characteristics of restraint systems and parameters.
Researchers have used survey methods from questionnaires. The validations carried out here
showed that the proposed design was suitable characteristics for conducting a study. A Y-
shaped belt must be placed along with the booster seat until the belt is directed near the middle
shoulder and covers the shoulder (tight). Other than that, design additions on armrests have
also been proposed and considered. Finally, taking into consideration the design and safety
factors of the current market trend car booster seats for children, the writers also propose
possible state-of-the-art car booster seats for various applications.

Keywords Child safety seat, armrest, booster seat

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Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechatronics (Automotive)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechanical Design