Children's Car Seat Safety
Choosing the right child seat for your car is very important. Every year over 1200 children are killed or seriously injured on the roads of the UK whilst travelling in cars.
It is an offence for children under 12 years of age or 135cms in height to travel in a car without the appropriate restraint.
A child’s car seat may be the most important safety device you ever provide for your child. Even in a minor collision an unrestrained child would be thrown about inside the vehicle, injuring themselves and others. They could also be thrown from the car through one of the windows.
In the United Kingdom approximately 75% of all child car seats in use are:
- either incorrectly fitted
- incompatible with the car
- inappropriate for the child
- not used correctly
If you require further information about in car child safety please visit the following sites:
- Good Egg Car Safety website
- Safer Essex Roads Partnership website
- or contact the Road Safety Team by emailing RoadSafety@southend.gov.uk