Is your child properly buckled up in their car seat? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 46% of all car seats are misused. Keeping your child safe starts with making sure ...

Gone are the days of running to the store with a sweet snoozing infant strapped in his car seat. Now you’ve got a still sweet but not-quite-so-submissive toddler who’s raring to get out of his car ...

Cars.com editor-in-chief and child passenger safety technician Jennifer Newman chats with PEOPLE about everything you need to know for car-seat safety Anya Leon is a Senior News Editor and the Parents ...

Nearly 250 kids under age 5 were saved by car seats in 2015. 35 percent of children under 13, who were not buckled up in car seats, booster seats or seat belts, were killed in car crashes in that same ...

Car accidents are a leading cause of death for kids. In 2021, 710 children in the U.S. under the age of 13 were killed in vehicle crashes, and more than 100,000 were injured, according to the National ...

New car seat guidelines, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requirements, went into effect in February. They are aimed at manufacturers. Julie Prom, child safety advocate and certified child ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children between the ages of 1 and 13. Many of those deaths can be prevented by the proper use of car seats. Sept. 23-29 is Child ...

Important note: Some car seats may be legitimate and crash-tested in other countries (like European models) but do not meet U.S. safety standards. For example, many European car seats do not have a ...

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