National Child Passenger Safety Week 2016 (September 18-24)

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Child Passenger Safety Week is September 18-24, 2016 and culminates with National Seat Check Saturday on September 24.

• Safe Kids will host nearly 500 child passenger events across the country, offering guidance from certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians to help parents provide the best protection for their kids.
• For a full list of events taking place in Georgia visit our calendar of events page.

The Scope of the Problem

• Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children.
• More than 2,600 children under the age of 13 are involved in a car crash every day, that is one child every 33 seconds.
• Between 2014 and 2015 there was a 10% increase in fatal crashes involving children under the age of 13 (FARS).
• In passenger cars, child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent for infants and by 54 percent for toddlers.
• While most parents put kids in car seats, 59 percent are not installed correctly (NHTSA, 2015 National Child Restraint Use Special Study).

Ultimate Car Seat Guide

Are you an expecting parent trying to figure out what car seat to buy for your new baby? Are you bewildered by how to properly install the car seat? Then the Ultimate Car Seat Guide is the answer for you.

Parents can find car seat buying and installing bewildering. The Ultimate Car Seat Guide offers basic and easy-to-understand tips on how to choose and use a car seat.

www.UltimateCarSeatGuide.org

Not every parent can make it to one of the thousands of car seat checkup events held by Safe Kids each year, but with the Ultimate Car Seat Guide every parent can now get helpful tips to protect kids on the move.

• The Ultimate Car Seat Guide offers easy to understand tips on how to choose and use a car seat
• Our experts share best practices to give your kids the best protection.
• The Guide, developed with support from General Motors, is based on the wisdom gained from checking nearly 2 million car seats at Safe Kids events.
• Advice covers all stages of a child’s development, from the first car seat until the child is ready to ride with a seat belt.
• The Ultimate Car Seat Guide is free and easily accessible from your phone. Just go to UltimateCarSeatGuide.org.
• There are two ways to get safety tips:  Personalized for your child and basic information every parent needs to know.