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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Motor Vehicle Injury – Child Safety Seats: Laws Mandating Use

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: June 1998

Workgroups: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends child safety seat laws to increase the use of child safety seats. These laws require children to use an approved infant or child safety seat when they’re riding in a motor vehicle. CPSTF found that these laws reduce deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes.

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Reduce deaths from motor vehicle crashes — IVP‑06
Getting worse
Reduce the proportion of deaths of car passengers who weren't buckled in — IVP‑07
Little or no detectable change
Reduce emergency department visits for nonfatal unintentional injuries — IVP‑04
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (1998). Motor Vehicle Injury – Child Safety Seats: Laws Mandating Use. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-vehicle-injury-child-safety-seats-laws-mandating-use