[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11897-11898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5884]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Eleventh 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 Eleventh Quarterly Meeting of 
members

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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 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Thursday, April 3, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of Transportation 
Headquarters, (Nassif Building), Room 2230, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

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), the eighth quarterly meeting 
on April 25, 2002, with a topic of Head and Traumatic Brain Injuries, 
the ninth quarterly meeting on August 22, 2002 at Harborview Injury 
Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington with 
presentations highlighting the various research specialties of the 
Centers; and the tenth Quarterly meeting on December 5, 2002, with a 
topic of Occult 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 eleventh such meeting. The ten CIREN Centers will be presenting 
papers on the injuries sustained in crashes where vehicles are mis-
matched in terms of size or weight.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to 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: Mark Scarboro, Office of Advanced 
Safety Research, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6220, Washington, DC 
20590, telephone: (202) 366-5932.

    Issued on: March 5, 2003.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Analysis, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-5884 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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