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Airbags
The back seat is the saf-est place for a child toride. It is estimated thatchildren ages 12 and un-der are 36% less likely todie in a crash if they rideseated in the rear seat of a passenger vehicle.
Children ages 12 andunder should ride buck-led up in a back seat.
Never put an infant infront of an air bag. Theback of a rear-facing in-fant or convertible seatrests too close to the airbag. Due to the consider-able force with which anair bag deploys (up to200 mph), the impactwith the air bag cancause serious or fatal in- juries to the infant.For air bags to work ef-fectively, everyone needsto be properly secured bya safety belt.
Buckle Up Kansas
Motor Vehicle Crashesare the number onecause of accidental injury-related death for chil-dren ages 0-14 in Kan-sas. Proper use of seatbelts and car seatsgreatly increases thechance of survival whiledecreasing the potentialfor injury. Observationalsurveys conducted in2009 found that 96% of Kansas children ages 0-4were in child seats, butonly 70% of childrenages 5-14 were pro-tected by a booster seator seat belt.The BUCKLE UP programis designed to increasethe number of Kansaschildren properly pro-tected by a child safetyseat, booster seat or seatbelt. The program is therecipient of the Excel-lence in AccountabilityAward from the Safe KidsWorldwide and GeneralMotors.
Child Seat Misuse
Studies have found thatas many as four out of five car seats are installedor used incorrectly. Readboth your child safety seatinstruction manual andyour motor vehicle owner’smanual for direction onproper installationand placement of your seat. Call 1-800-745-SAFE (English)or 1-800-747-SANO(Spanish) for ques-tions on installation.Check to see if yourseat has been re-called, or for addi-tional correct usageguidelines, go towww.nhtsa.dot.gov.
Child Safety Seat CheckUp Events/Fitting Sta-tions
When a child safety seat isnot used correctly, its ef-fectiveness decreases,which increases thechances for injuries oreven death in a crash. SafeKids Kansas, in partnershipwith community groupsand local coalitions facili-tates child safety seatcheck up events. Atthese events,trained techniciansprovide educationand assistance toparents and caregiv-ers on the properinstallation and useof child safety seats.Events are open tothe public.Find an upcoming ChildPassenger Safety Event or
Buckle Up Kansas! Make this a Safe Summer!
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Healthy Kansas Kids
May 2010Volume 2 Issue 5
HealthyTips
Find out allthe informationyou ever wantedto know aboutchild car seatsat: http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/travel/auto.html#
Adults whodon’t buckle upare sending chil-dren a deadlymessage that itis all right not towear a seat belt.
Safety nevertakes a breakand it nevergoes on vaca-tion. Make itclick for you andyour child everytrip, every time.
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