Car safety seats for children
Here you can find out about child car seat regulations and child car seat checks.
Did you know:
- An unrestrained child can be killed in an impact at speeds as low as five mph.
- In a collision at 30mph, an unrestrained child would hit the front seat − an anyone in it − with a force of between 30 to 60 times their own body weight.
The law states that:
- Children under three years must use the child restraint appropriate for their weight in any vehicle (including vans and other goods vehicles).
There is only one exception: a child under three may travel unrestrained in the rear of a taxi if the right child restraint is not available.
- Rear-facing baby seats must not be used in a seat protected by a frontal air-bag unless the air-bag has been deactivated manually or automatically.
- In vehicles where seat belts are fitted, children three years to 135cm (approximately 4 foot 5 inches) in height or age 12 (whichever comes first) must use the appropriate child restraint.
Three exceptions allow these children to travel in the rear and use an adult seat belt:
- In a taxi - if the right child restraint is not available.
- For a short distance in unexpected necessity, if the right child restraint is not available.
- Where two occupied child seats in the rear prevent the fitment of a third child seat.
Child car seat checking events
We carry out child car seat checking events at various locations across the county.
Friday 2 March 2012 - Morrisons, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield 10am - 4pm
Thursday 22 March 2012 - Sainsburys, Rother Way, Chesterfield 10am - 4pm