[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 171 (Friday, September 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45894-45895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21382]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Eighteenth Public 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 Eighteenth Public Meeting of members 
of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is a 
collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at 
eight Level 1 Trauma Centers across the United States linked by a 
computer network. Researchers can review data and share expertise, 
which may lead to a better understanding of crash injury mechanisms and 
the design of safer vehicles. The eight centers will give presentations 
on current research based on CIREN data. The agenda will be posted to 
the CIREN Web site that can be accessed by going to the NHTSA homepage 
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/, click on Vehicle Safety Research on the 
right side of the top toolbar, then click on Crash Injury Research and 
Engineering Network (CIREN) in the box on the left. The agenda will be 
posted two weeks prior to the meeting.
    Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Thursday, October 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: University of Maryland/National 
Study Center, 110 South Paca Street, Learning Center, Baltimore, MD 
21201.
    To Register for This Event: It is not necessary to pre-register, 
but attendees are strongly encouraged to do so to expedite the security 
process for entry to the meeting facility. Please send your name, 
affiliation, phone number and e-mail address to 
[email protected] (or call 410-328-2683) by Wednesday, September 
30, 2009, in order to have your name added to the pre-registration 
list. Everyone must have a government-issued photo identification to be 
admitted to the facility.
    For General Information: Rodney Rudd (202) 366-5932, Mark Scarboro 
(202) 366-5078 or Cathy McCullough (202) 366-4734.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA has held CIREN public meetings on a 
regular basis since 2000, including quarterly meetings and annual 
conferences. This is the eighteenth such meeting. Presentations from 
these meetings are available through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA plans to 
continue holding CIREN meetings on a regular basis to disseminate CIREN 
information to interested parties. Individual CIREN cases collected 
since 1998 may be viewed from the NHTSA/CIREN Web site at the address 
provided above. At this public meeting, the CIREN Centers will be 
giving presentations on topics including side impact response; 
comparisons between anthropomorphic test device response and real-world 
injury; lumbar spine fractures; and evaluations of safety systems and 
vehicle design.
    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 CIREN's Web site as 
indicated above. If you do not have access to the Web site, you may 
call or e-mail the contacts listed in this announcement and leave your 
telephone number or e-mail address. You will be contacted only if the 
meeting is postponed or canceled.

    Issued on: August 26, 2009.
John Maddox,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. E9-21382 Filed 9-3-09; 8:45 am]
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