[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 218 (Thursday, November 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 67471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28700]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Third 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 Third 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 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
November 30, 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, SW, 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/include/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 and the second quarterly 
meeting on July 21, 2000, with a topic of side impact crashes. 
Information from the May 5 and July 21 meetings are 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 third such meeting. The topic for this meeting is thoracic injuries 
in motor vehicle crashes. Subsequent meetings have tentatively been 
scheduled for March and June 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, SW., Room 6206, Washington, DC 
20590, telephone: (202) 366-5662.

    Issued on: November 2, 2000.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-28700 Filed 11-8-00; 8:45 am]
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