[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12617]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Fifth 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 Fifth 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.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 21, 2001.

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. CIREN 
cases may be viewed from the NHTSA/CIREN web site at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/include/bio_and_trauma/ciren-final.htm. 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 website. 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 and the fourth quarterly meeting on March 16, 2001, with a 
topic of offset frontal collisions. Information from the May 5, July 
21, and November 30, 2000, meetings and the March 16, 2001 meeting 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 fifth such meeting. The topic for this meeting is CIREN Outreach 
Efforts. Subsequent meetings have tentatively been scheduled for 
September and December 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: May 14, 2001.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-12617 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]
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