[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18763]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Sixth 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 Sixth 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 
Thursday, September 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University of Michigan, 1500 
E. Medical Center Drive, G2000 Towsley Center (Dow Auditorium), Ann 
Arbor, Michigan 48109-0201.

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.

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, the fourth quarterly meeting on March 16, 2001, with a topic 
of offset frontal collisions, and the fifth quarterly meeting on June 
21, 2001, on CIREN outreach efforts. Presentations from these meetings 
is 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 sixth such meeting. The topic for this meeting is injuries 
involving Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Subsequent meetings have 
tentatively been scheduled for December 2001 and March 2002. These 
quarterly meetings are in lieu of an annual CIREN conference.

    Issued on: July 24, 2001.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-18763 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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