Child safety seat inspections are an effective method of promoting child passenger safety while helping parents identify potential problems associated with the installation of safety seats. Child restraints are very effective in reducing injuries and fatalities when they are used properly. Yet current studies find 80 percent–85 percent of safety seats are used incorrectly. These errors could result in the child not being fully protected in a crash, increasing the risk of injuries or death.
A listing of child safety seat inspection events that are currently scheduled across the country can be found at the National Child Passenger Safety Board Web site. Nearly 30,000 technicians and instructors have been certified nationally. These child passenger safety advocates put their knowledge to work at public safety seat inspection events, educating hundreds of people and raising restraint usage rates.
Child Safety Seat Inspections Provide:
At our Checkup events, child passenger safety technicians teach families how to correctly transport their children and help make sure everyone in a vehicle is buckled up on every ride. These events, all of which are open to the public, are conducted at the above listed locations.