Child Passenger Safety Tips
Keeping children safe on the road means putting them in the right safety restraint at the right age.
Motor-vehicle crashes are a leading killer of children ages 1 to 13. Using age and size-appropriate child restraints is the best way to reduce these deaths.
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It is important to correctly install and use car seats and to register these car seats with the manufacturer so parents can be notified in the event of a recall.
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We recommend keeping children rear-facing as long as possible up to the top height or weight allowed by their particular seats. Once a child outgrows the rear-facing car seat, he or she is ready to travel in a forward-facing car seat with a harness. After outgrowing car seats, children should be placed in booster seats until they are big enough to fit seat belts properly without help from a booster seat.
The safest place for all kids under 13 is in the back seat of the car.
Not all cars allow for a car seat in every place that has a seat belt. Check your car owner manual to see where you can put a car seat.
Motor-vehicle traffic crashes are a leading killer of children, but properly used child-safety seats have been shown to reduce fatal injury by 71% for infants (under 1 year old) and by 54% for toddlers (1 to 4 years old).
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