[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57746-57747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21594]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Thirteenth 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 Thirteenth 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.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 
November 4, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University of Maryland-
Baltimore in the Health Science Facility (Building 2, Room 130). The 
facility is located at the corner of Penn and Lombard Streets in 
Baltimore City.

To Register for This Event: Contact the National Study Center for 
Trauma and EMS at 410-328-5085 or e-mail [email protected]. 
Registration is strongly recommended.

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; the tenth Quarterly meeting on December 5, 2002, with a topic 
of Occult Injuries; the eleventh Quarterly Meeting on April 3, 2003, 
with papers on the injuries sustained in crashes where vehicles are 
mis-matched in terms of size or weight; and the twelfth quarterly 
meeting on December 5, 2003, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham 
with presentations on various research specialties of the Centers. 
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 thirteenth

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such meeting. The CIREN Centers will be presenting papers on a variety 
of research topics.
    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: NHTSA or the Baltimore CIREN Center.

NHTSA, Mark Scarboro, Office of Advanced Safety Research, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 6220, Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202) 366-
5932.
    Or
Baltimore CIREN Center, Tim Kerns, National Study Center for Trauma/
EMS, 701 West Pratt Street, Room 553, Baltimore, MD 21201.

    Issued on: September 21, 2004.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-21594 Filed 9-24-04; 8:45 am]
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