Image from NSW Government.
Even those parents or carers who have child restraints in their vehicles may be driving with a false sense of security if the seats are not properly fitted.
Although no statistics are available on car-seat related child injuries, the NRMA reported that between 2021-2023 regional areas had a higher per capita death toll on roads.
When adjusted for deaths per capita, outer regional NSW saw nearly ten times as many deadly accidents as the states’ major cities, showing the need for proper child restraint for the most vulnerable passengers…