[Federal Register: March 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 48)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Announcing the Eleventh Quarterly Meeting of the Crash Injury
Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Meeting announcement.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Eleventh Quarterly Meeting of
members
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of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is a
collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at ten
Level 1 Trauma Centers linked by a computer network. Researchers can
review data and share expertise, which could lead to a better
understanding of crash injury mechanisms and the design of safer
vehicles.
DATE AND TIME: The meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Thursday, April 3, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of Transportation
Headquarters, (Nassif Building), Room 2230, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIREN System has been established and
crash cases have been entered into the database by each Center. CIREN
cases may be viewed from the NHTSA/CIREN Web site at: http://www-
nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/CIREN.html.
NHTSA has held
three Annual Conferences where CIREN research results were presented.
Further information about the three previous CIREN conferences is also
available through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA held the first quarterly
meeting on May 5, 2000, with a topic of lower extremity injuries in
motor vehicle crashes; the second quarterly meeting on July 21, 2000,
with a topic of side impact crashes; the third quarterly meeting on
November 30, 2000, with a topic of thoracic injuries in crashes; the
fourth quarterly meeting on March 16, 2001, with a topic of offset
frontal collisions; the fifth quarterly meeting on June 21, 2001, on
CIREN outreach efforts; the sixth quarterly meeting (held in Ann Arbor,
Michigan) with a topic of injuries involving sport utility vehicles,
the seventh quarterly meeting on December 6, 2001, with a topic of Age
Related Injuries (Elderly and Children), the eighth quarterly meeting
on April 25, 2002, with a topic of Head and Traumatic Brain Injuries,
the ninth quarterly meeting on August 22, 2002 at Harborview Injury
Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington with
presentations highlighting the various research specialties of the
Centers; and the tenth Quarterly meeting on December 5, 2002, with a
topic of Occult Injuries. Presentations from these meetings are
available through the NHTSA Web site.
NHTSA plans to continue holding quarterly meetings on a regular
basis to disseminate CIREN information to interested parties. This is
the eleventh such meeting. The ten CIREN Centers will be presenting
papers on the injuries sustained in crashes where vehicles are mis-
matched in terms of size or weight.
Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement
weather or to any other emergencies, a decision to cancel will be made
as soon as possible and posted immediately on NHTSA's Web site http://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/.
If you do not have access
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/. If you do not have access
to the Web site, you may call the contact listed below and leave your
telephone or fax number. You will be called only if the meeting is
postponed or canceled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Scarboro, Office of Advanced
Safety Research, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6220, Washington, DC
20590, telephone: (202) 366-5932.
Issued on: March 5, 2003.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Analysis, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-5884 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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