[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39981-39982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16387]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Second Quarterly Meeting of the Crash Injury 
Research and Engineering Network

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Second Quarterly Meeting of members 
of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is a 
collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at 
nine Level 1 Trauma Centers which are 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 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
July 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 6200-04 of the U.S. 
Department of Transportation Building, which is located at 400 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIREN System has been established and 
crash cases have been entered into the database by each Center. NHTSA 
has held three Annual Conferences (two in Detroit and one in 
conjunction with STAPP in San Diego) where CIREN research results were 
presented. Further information about the three previous CIREN 
conferences is available through the NHTSA website at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/bio_and_trauma/ciren-final.htm. NHTSA held the first 
quarterly meeting on May 5, 2000, with a topic of lower extremity 
injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Information from

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the May 5 meeting is also available through the NHTSA website.
    NHTSA plans to continue holding quarterly meetings on a regular 
basis to disseminate CIREN information to interested parties. This is 
the second such meeting. The topic for this meeting is motor vehicle 
side impact crashes. Subsequent meetings have tentatively been 
scheduled for October 2000 and January 2001. These quarterly meetings 
will be in lieu of an annual CIREN conference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Donna Stemski, Office of Human-
Centered Research, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 6206, Washington, DC 
20590, telephone: (202) 366-5662.

    Issued on: June 14, 2000
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-16387 Filed 6-27-00; 8:45 am]
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