ABSTRACT - Study of over 3,600 auto crashes finds child in booster seat has less than half risk of injury of child wearing only adult seat belt; children in study's age group, 4 to 7, are not covered by child safety laws of most states and study finds few of them use booster seats; lead author, Dr Dennis R Durbin, says wearing adult seat belt cut child's risk of injury by 38 percent, but using booster seat with belt cut it by 78 percent (M) In a car crash, a child in a booster seat has less than half the risk of injury of a child wearing only an adult seat belt, a study of more than 3,600 crashes has found.

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