The influence of rear car seat position on the child’s load condition during collision

The paper presents the results of the crash test aimed at observe level of acceleration of the dummy representing a child at the age of 3 years, seated in the car seat with various angle position of the rear seat of car. The research was carried out during simulated frontal collision at a speed of about 15 km/h. Selected for the child seats II÷III (15÷36 kg) weight category according to Regulation No. 44 of UNECE. Presented results of stand tests are aimed at compare dependence effect inclination angle the car seat and method of fixing it on car seat on examples.