Car Seat Safety
Is Your Child's Car Seat Safe?
According to the National Highway Transportation Agency:
"A correctly used safety seat reduces fatality risk by 71 percent and serious injury risk by 67 percent. But misuse can partially or completely nullify this effect. In 1984, the average overall effectiveness of safety seats (correct users plus misusers) was 46 percent."
MichianaMoms.com wants to see all kids strapped into their car seats properly. Click here to see a list of car seat inspection sites located throughout the Michiana area.
Listed below are links to other useful safety websites where you can find additional child passenger safety information.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Visit NHTSA for the most up-to-date child passenger safety recommendations.
- Boosterseat.gov
A NHTSA-sponsored program dedicated to increasing the use of booster seats.
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Visit the NTSB for recommendations and information concerning child safety seats, school bus safety and other topics.
- "Car Seats, Booster Seats and Seat Belts: Increasing Awareness to Protect Children" Interactive Child Passenger Site
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been a leader in collecting data on child passenger safety trends and the effectiveness of child safety seats.
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
Visit IIHS for child passenger safety research and information about state laws.
- Child Passenger Safety Board
Provides guidance to states, communities and organizations to maintain a credible, standardized child passenger training and certification program.
- American Automobile Association (AAA)
Visit AAA for child passenger safety information and up-to-date state laws.
- Safe Kids USA
Visit Safe Kids USA for safety information and information on how to become a certified child passenger safety technician or instructo
