Car Seat Safety

In-Car Child Safety home page

The In-Car Child Safety Initiative was set up nine years ago to help reduce the number of children killed or injured in vehicles because they were in the wrong or incorrectly fitted child seats in the car.

The Initiative incorporates the work of Road Safety Scotland, ACPOS, RoSPA Scotland, road safety officers from across Scotland and the Arnold Clark Group, and was one of the biggest multi-agency groups ever created to tackle a major road safety problem.

Last year, checks carried out by road safety officers across Scotland found that nearly 39% of the seats checked were incorrectly fitted or incompatible with the car or the child. That represents a large number of children in a dangerous position.

As a parent or carer can you afford to take that risk?

Take a look at the videos, presented by Elaine Lorimer who works in road safety for Renfrewshire Council, and Steve McNally, a road safety consultant, and find out all you can about keeping your children safe while travelling in the car: you can also print off the information, so you can pass it on to others who carry your children in their cars - grandparents, child minders and friends.

You’ll also find information here on what to do before you buy a car seat, and what questions to ask the retailer. If you’ve done your homework, then you’ll know it is best to go to a retailer with a Good Egg Charter mark. They will do everything they can to make sure you have the right seat for your child and your car. They’ll even show you how to fit it.

This information is for children right up to 12 years of age or 4ft 5ins (135 cm), whichever comes first.

For more information, visit  www.protectchild.co.uk.