[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48505-48506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18615]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Ninth 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 Ninth 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 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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
Thursday, August 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Harborview Medical Center's 
Research and Training Building Auditorium at 9th and Alder St., 
Seattle, WA. (Hosted by the Seattle CIREN center)
    To Register for This Event: Please visit the Seattle CIREN team's 
Web site at www.hiprc.org and locate the CIREN conference announcement.

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), and the eighth quarterly 
meeting on April 25, 2002, with a topic of Head and Traumatic Brain 
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 ninth such meeting. The ten CIREN Centers will be presenting papers 
on the research specialty for their particular center regarding crash 
injury mechanisms. Subsequent meetings have tentatively been scheduled 
for December 2002 and April 2003. These meetings are in lieu of an 
annual CIREN conference.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to

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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 
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 NHTSA or SEATTLE CIREN CENTER at:

NHTSA--Catherine McCullough, Office of Human-Centered Research, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 6220, Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202) 
366-4734.
CIREN SEATTLE--Rob Kaufman, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research 
Center, 325 Ninth Ave., Box 359960, Seattle, WA 98104. Telephone: (206) 
521-1533.

    Issued on: July 17, 2002.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-18615 Filed 7-23-02; 8:45 am]
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