Child Passenger Safety Dashboard of Resources
2011 Car Seat Safety Resources
- Car Seat Recommendations for Children (pdf) *NEW*
- Which Car Seat Is Right For Your Child? (website) *NEW*
- Child Passenger Safety Week - Marketing Materials (website) *NEW*
- Car Safety Seats: Information for Families 2011
- Car Safety Seats Product Listing for 2011
- Car Safety Seat Check Up
- Air Bag Safety
Links
- Dangers of Texting and Driving
- AAP Car Seat Guide
- Booster Seat Ratings
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Idaho Highway Safety Coalition
- Idaho Department of Transportation
- Child Passenger Safety
- National CPS Certification
- Recall List
- New York State Booster Seat Law Study
A study published in Pediatrics is the first to compare traffic injury rates before and after the implementation of a state booster-seat law. - Injury Prevention & Control: Motor Vehicle Safety from the CDC
Newsletters
- SafeRide News (website)
Articles & Resources
- Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety – 12/28/11 (pdf)
Accomplishments and Calendar of Events! - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety – 12/19/11 (pdf)
NTSB recommends Full Ban on Use of Cell Phones While Driving, 16th Annual Idaho STAR Instructor Appreciation Banquet, Aggressive Driving Program Funding Available, Impaired Youthful Drivers, and more! - The Orphan Seat (Editorial)
Recommendations from the AAP about child safety seats and the reasons why. - NHTSA Releases New Child Seat Guidelines (pdf)
Guidelines are categorized by age rather than by type of child seat in order to keep pace with the latest scientific and medical research and the development of new child restraint technologies. - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
Death toll on Idaho's roads down in 2010 - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
Distracted Driving Initiative - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
Earning Equipment Through the Mobilization Incentive Program and New Edition of Visual Detection of DWI Motorists. - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
New Reports, Idaho Officer receives award from MADD- 30th Anniversary Celebration, OSHA launching initiative to discourage texting while driving on the job, and School Zone Campaign - Idaho SHSP - Partnerships for Success Powerpoint (ppt)
A new NHTSA study that analyzes the incidence rates of incapacitating injuries, as well as the commonly injured body regions, among children under 8 years old involved in motor vehicle traffic crashes. - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
Nearly Nine in Ten Motorists Fearful of Texting Drivers, NHTSA/ NCSA Newly Released Research Note "Distracted Driving 2009", August Preliminary Fatality Report, and NHTSA/NCSA Newly Released Publications - Quick Notes from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (pdf)
An article about the fatality rates for the nation, a great link from the Lifesavers Conference, how how states can effectively develop and implement their Strategic Highway Safety Plan, and a disappointing seatbelt survey. - 2010 - Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes (pdf)
A new NHTSA study that analyzes the incidence rates of incapacitating injuries, as well as the commonly injured body regions, among children under 8 years old involved in motor vehicle traffic crashes. - Effectiveness of Belt Positioning Booster Seats: An Updated Assessment (pdf)
- Booster Seat Effectiveness Release (pdf)
- State by State Booster Seat Usage Requirements
- 2007 Trauma Report (pdf)
- WHALE
Child Identification Program (pdf) - NHTSA Report: Children Injured in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes (pdf)
In rollover crashes, the estimated incidence rate of incapacitating injuries among unrestrained children was almost three times that for restrained children. In near side impacts, unrestrained children were eight times more likely to sustain incapacitating injuries than restrained children. - Safe Transportation of Obese Children
The AAP recommends keeping children in rear-facing car seats as long as possible. The AAP also recommends keeping children in a harnessed car seat vs. a booster seat as long as possible.
Safety Calendar
2012 |
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| May 8 | Save the Date—Annual Highway Safety Summit
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| Sept 16-22 | Child Passenger Safety Week |
Idaho DOT & Idaho Chapter, AAP Child Passenger Safety Grant
- Grant Recipients Contact Information
- About the Grant
Videos |
How to Buckle a Child into a Car Seat with a 5-Point Harness from The Car Seat Lady on Vimeo. |
Car Seat Corner
Car Seat Educational Tip Sheets/Brochures (webpage)
Here you can find educational tip sheet flyers/brochures that you can print in 7 languages!- Winter Coats and Car Seats (webpage)
Thick winter coats or snowsuits can compromise your child's car seat safety. - Rear-Facing Car Safety Seats: Getting the Message Right (pdf)
As a Child Passenger Safety Technician & Instructor (CPST-I) I help parents determine the safest possible way to transport their children. Since I became certified in 2002, I have had the opportunity to help hundreds of families make the necessary changes to keep their children safe on the road. During that time, I have NEVER seen a child safety seat that was used and installed properly. Each seat has an average of three mistakes, any of which can be life threatening in a crash. Even the most well-intentioned parent can make these mistakes, and CPST's are specially trained to help parents avoid common mistakes and prevent injury.
The advice parents receive from their child's pediatrician is crucial to the overall success of CPST's as they encourage parents to comply with current best practice recommendations. When parents come to a car seat check event and are given current best practice recommendations for their child, but have been told something different by their pediatrician, parents are most likely to go with the advice they receive from their pediatrician, even if it goes against current best practice. Current best practice recommendations are always changing as testing and data are released from car seat and auto manufacturers, and as technology improves. CPST's are trained in current best practice, and can provide expert guidance to families seeking to keep their children safe in the car.
That is why we have created the "Car Seat Corner" section on our website. We know that pediatricians work hard to provide the best possible care for each of their patients, and we hope this website will serve as a resource for your practice. It is updated often with current best practice recommendations for child transport. We hope you will find the information useful, and that you will refer your patients to CPST's in your region for help with their child's car seats (to find a CPST near you, visit www.seatcheck.org , contact the CPS Sub-Grantee in your region, or contact me for a referral). You can also submit questions you may have related to car seats and child transport, including the transportation of children with special needs. Car crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for children ages 1-14 in Idaho and across the country, and the use of an appropriate child restraint on every ride is their best protection. By working together, we can save the lives of children in Idaho.
- MacKenzie Ravlin
Child Passenger Safety Tech & Instructor
Idaho AAP Executive Assistant