Alarmingly, about 75 percent of children are improperly buckled in their car seats every day. Although child car seats are one of the best defenses against child injury in Manhattan and elsewhere in the event of a traffic accident, many parents continue to put their kids at risk and fail to properly buckle in young ones. To help to get more parents to buckle in their children correctly during every car ride, the “Car Seat Safety For Kids” website has been launched by The Children’s Hospital and the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP). This website is parents’ one-stop shop to access all kinds of information regarding child passenger safety (CPS) information.
As we recently reported on our New York Injury Lawyer Blog, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new child car seat recommendations last year. Parents were urged to review these new recommendations to help keep children safe while riding in a motor vehicle.
“CPS technicians loved the old videos but they were a little out of step with the 2011 recommendations,” says Gina Duchossois, the Coordinator of Trauma Prevention.
The new website provides parents with a series of new video clips to help illustrate these new recommendations. Parents are also urged to visit a car seat inspection location in New York to make sure that your child’s car seat if properly installed. There are 223 car seat inspection locations throughout the state of New York.
According to CIRP, this new website brings together practical experience and research expertise. With this new child-safety tool, more parents are expected to safely and correctly buckle in children during every car ride.
SafeKidsUSA.org reports that traffic-related accidents are the number one cause of death for our young ones ages 3- to 14-years-old. Child car seats that are installed correctly can reduce the risk of injury and death to your child in the event of a car accident by more than 70 percent. Recent statistics report that about half of all motorists under the age of 14 who are killed in car accidents are completely unrestrained.
There are a number of child seat check-up events in New York already scheduled for 2012. Parents are urged to check out these safety events to help ensure that their children are safe in their car seats and properly protected in the event of a motor-vehicle accident.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2009 there were more than 400 people under the age of 12 who were killed in car accidents while they were restrained. There were an additional 200 people in this young age group who were killed in car accidents during this time who were unrestrained. There were more than 50 additional deaths in which restraint status was unknown.
The traffic accident attorneys at the Law Offices of Nicholas Rose, PLLC offer free and confidential consultations to those who have been injured in a car accident in New York City and the surrounding areas. Call 1-877-313-7673 24 hours a day to speak with someone about your case.
More Blog Entries:
Winter Weather: A Continued Threat Causing Car Accidents in New York City, New York Injury Lawyer Blog, January 19, 2012
NSC Supports Recommendation to Help Reduce Risks of Distraction-Related Car Accidents in New York, Nation, New York Injury Lawyer Blog, January 17, 2012
