
Car Seat & Booster Seat Safety, Ratings, Guidelines | NHTSA
Get resources on how to find and install the right car seat for your child such as forward-facing and rear-facing car seats, along with booster seats.
Child Safety - NHTSA
Properly restrain your children in car seats or seat belts to prevent them from accidentally activating power windows and sunroofs. Look and make sure your kids' hands, feet, and head, are clear of windows before raising the windows.
• To maximize safety, keep your child in the car seat for as long as possible, as long as the child fits within the manufacturer’s height and weight requirements. • Keep your child in the back seat at least through age 12.
Find The Right Car Seat - NHTSA
The Car Seat Finder is an easy-to-use tool that lets you compare seats and ease-of-use ratings to find the right car seat for your child. Just fill out your child’s age, height and weight above, and you’ll be provided car seat types that fit your child.
Car Seat Finder Tool: Find the Right Car Seat - NHTSA
Search & Compare Car Seats. The Car Seat Finder is an easy-to-use tool that helps you find the right car seat for your child. Just fill out your child’s age, height and weight above, and you’ll be provided car seat types that fit your child.
Seat Belts and Child Restraints | NHTSA
Abundant research has shown that correctly using an appropriate child restraint or seat belt is the single most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes. Lap and shoulder combination seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45% and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury ...
NHTSA Improves Child Safety Seat Testing Standards with Final …
2022年6月22日 · This final rule amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213, “Child restraint systems,” by adding side impact performance requirements for child safety seats. The current standard requires child seats to meet performance criteria in a …
n Research on child safety seats has found them to reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for infants (younger than 1 year old) and by 54 percent for toddlers (1 to 4 years old) in passenger cars. n To date, 38 States and the District of Columbia have enacted provisions in their child passenger safety laws to address the use of an
Strong Child Passenger Safety Laws - NHTSA
As of May 2023 there were 39 States and the District of Columbia that had enacted child restraint laws covering children through at least age 7. One State (South Dakota) only requires a child restraint or booster seat through age 4, and 6 States have laws that go …
National Car Seat Check Saturday 2024 - NHTSA
2024年9月16日 · On National Seat Check Saturday, which is Sept. 21 this year, certified child passenger safety technicians will be available at car seat check stations around the country, to show parents and caregivers how to install and use a car seat correctly, free of charge.