Road Safety

Child Safety Seats

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Child Safety Seats - Secure them for Life Each year in Québec, an estimated 1,250 children aged 9 and under who are riding in a vehicle die or are injured in accidents.

A child safety seat is a solution to this problem. When a seat has been properly installed, it reduces the likelihood of death and serious injury by up to 70%.

According to an SAAQ 2007 survey, 2 out of 3 children are not safe when riding in a vehicle. Approximately 83% of children are in a seat that is suited to their height and weight, but seats are used correctly, that is, the child car seat is properly anchored on the seat of the vehicle and the child is properly restrained in the seat, in only 41% of cases.

Even today, 1.4% of children are not restrained in either a child car seat or with a seat belt. Children are sometimes even seated on a parent's lap or stand on the back seat.

At 50 km/h, the weight of objects in movement is multiplied by 35. In an impact, a 9 kg child can become a 315 kg projectile that can collide with the dashboard or be ejected from the vehicle.

Even if you're only driving a short distance, a child should be properly restrained in a seat because over half of all accidents occur in zones of 50 km/h or less and within an 8 km radius of home.

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