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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Announcing the Fourteenth Public
Meeting of the Crash Injury Research
and Engineering Network (CIREN)
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Meeting announcement.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
Fourteenth 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 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 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
Room 6200–04 of the U.S. Department
of Transportation Building, which is
located at 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC.
To Register For this Event: If you do
not have a DOT identification card, you
must go through our security
checkpoint. E-mail
Mark.Scarboro@dot.gov Phone: 202–
366–5078 or
Catherine.McCullough@dot.gov Phone:
202–366–4734. Please provide your full
name as it appears on your photo
identification, your affiliation, e-mail,
and phone number. Registration is
strongly recommended. Please bring a
photo identification card for
verification. You may not be admitted
without one.
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: https://wwwnrd.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 public meeting on May 5,
2000, with a topic of lower extremity
injuries in motor vehicle crashes; the
second public meeting on July 21, 2000,
with a topic of side impact crashes; the
third public meeting on November 30,
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2000, with a topic of thoracic injuries in
crashes; the fourth public meeting on
March 16, 2001, with a topic of offset
frontal collisions; the fifth public
meeting on June 21, 2001, on CIREN
outreach efforts; the sixth public
meeting (held in Ann Arbor, Michigan),
with a topic of injuries involving sport
utility vehicles; the seventh public
meeting on December 6, 2001, with a
topic of age related injuries (elderly and
children); the eighth public meeting on
April 25, 2002, with a topic of head and
traumatic brain injuries; the ninth
public meeting on August 22, 2002
(held at Harborview Injury Prevention
and Research Center in Seattle,
Washington), with presentations
highlighting the various research
specialties of the Centers; the tenth
public meeting on December 5, 2002,
with a topic of occult injuries; the
eleventh public meeting on April 3,
2003, with papers on the injuries
sustained in crashes where vehicles are
mismatched in terms of size or weight;
the twelfth public meeting on December
5, 2003 (held at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham), with
presentations on various research
specialties of the Centers; and the
thirteenth public meeting on November
4, 2004 (held at the University of
Maryland/National Study Center), with
presentations on various research
specialties. Presentations from these
meetings are available through the
NHTSA Web site.
Public meetings were suspended in
2005 due to the recompetition of the
funding for the CIREN cooperative
agreements. The recompetition was
announced in December 2004, and
awards were made in June 2005.
NHTSA plans to continue holding
CIREN meetings on a regular basis to
disseminate CIREN information to
interested parties. This is the fourteenth
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 https://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
nhtsa/announce/meetings/. 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.
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Issued on: February 13, 2006.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety
Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Announcing the Fourteenth 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 Fourteenth 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 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 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 6200-04 of the U.S.
Department of Transportation Building, which is located at 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC.
To Register For this Event: If you do not have a DOT identification
card, you must go through our security checkpoint. E-mail
Mark.Scarboro@dot.gov Phone: 202-366-5078 or
Catherine.McCullough@dot.gov Phone: 202-366-4734. Please provide your
full name as it appears on your photo identification, your affiliation,
e-mail, and phone number. Registration is strongly recommended. Please
bring a photo identification card for verification. You may not be
admitted without one.
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: https://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 public
meeting on May 5, 2000, with a topic of lower extremity injuries in
motor vehicle crashes; the second public meeting on July 21, 2000, with
a topic of side impact crashes; the third public meeting on November
30, 2000, with a topic of thoracic injuries in crashes; the fourth
public meeting on March 16, 2001, with a topic of offset frontal
collisions; the fifth public meeting on June 21, 2001, on CIREN
outreach efforts; the sixth public meeting (held in Ann Arbor,
Michigan), with a topic of injuries involving sport utility vehicles;
the seventh public meeting on December 6, 2001, with a topic of age
related injuries (elderly and children); the eighth public meeting on
April 25, 2002, with a topic of head and traumatic brain injuries; the
ninth public meeting on August 22, 2002 (held at Harborview Injury
Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington), with
presentations highlighting the various research specialties of the
Centers; the tenth public meeting on December 5, 2002, with a topic of
occult injuries; the eleventh public meeting on April 3, 2003, with
papers on the injuries sustained in crashes where vehicles are
mismatched in terms of size or weight; the twelfth public meeting on
December 5, 2003 (held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham),
with presentations on various research specialties of the Centers; and
the thirteenth public meeting on November 4, 2004 (held at the
University of Maryland/National Study Center), with presentations on
various research specialties. Presentations from these meetings are
available through the NHTSA Web site.
Public meetings were suspended in 2005 due to the recompetition of
the funding for the CIREN cooperative agreements. The recompetition was
announced in December 2004, and awards were made in June 2005.
NHTSA plans to continue holding CIREN meetings on a regular basis
to disseminate CIREN information to interested parties. This is the
fourteenth 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 https://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/. 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: February 13, 2006.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. E6-2355 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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