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New Child Seat Saftey Study
By admin | May 10, 2008
Here is an interesting tidbit on child seat saftey. Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants’ and toddlers’ injury risks by nearly fiftey percent, a new study suggests. In a recent study of car crash data from 16 U.S. states, researchers found that children younger than 3 years old were 43 percent less likely to be injured when their seat was fastened in the center of the back seat rather than one of the side seats.
Experts already recommend that parents position car seats in the center of the rear seat, and the current findings bolster that advice, according to Michael J. Kallan and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, only 28 percent of children in their study were sitting in that position at the time of the car accident, the researchers report in the journal Pediatrics. There are obstacles to placing a car seat in the center position, Kallan’s team acknowledges.
It is physically harder to strap a child, especially a heavier child, into a center-positioned seat. A centered child seat can also make it difficult for other people to sit in the rear of the car. But based on the current findings, the researchers write, this center position is the safest place for babies and toddlers to ride.
The results are based on data from 4,790 car crashes involving children ages 3 and younger that occurred between 1998 and 2006. At the time of the accident, 41 percent of the children were in a car seat positioned in the right-hand back seat, while 31 percent were in the left-hand seat.
The center position was the least popular, but the safest. The reason, in part, was that children in a centered seat were better protected during a side-impact crash, according to Kallan’s team. Very compelling informtaion.
Topics: Kids Safety, Babies, Toddlers, Stress of Parenting |
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