Did you know up to 90% of child car seats are fitted incorrectly?*

A recent safety blitz by Kidsafe and Transurban revealed up to 90% of car seats are fitted incorrectly.* A correctly fitted child car seat can significantly reduce the risk of injury in an accident – by up to 70%.** Making sure your car seats are professionally checked is the safest way to keep your most precious cargo safe on the road.

Kidsafe NSW recommends you use an authorised professional to check or install your child’s car seat.
Find a fitter through Kidsafe

We regularly team up with Kidsafe to offer free child car seat checks for Sydney parents and carers.

Qualified staff at Kidsafe will fit and check your child's car seat. They'll also explain how your seat works to help you continue using it correctly.

We're busy organising our next free event. Please check back regularly for updates.

Car seat safety tips

Keep them in the seat

Check the seat every trip

Four is not the magic age

Check out more road trip tips
*Data collected in a sample size of 620 car seats across the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne metro area by Transurban and Kidsafe during National Road Safety Week (May 2022)  
**Neura, www.neura.edu.au/news/safely-packed-kids (Dec 2017)

From our newsroom

 
4 April 2022
Children sitting in front seat at high risk of injury
With the Easter school holidays coming up, we are working with Kidsafe to encourage parents to check their children are safely secured in the correct car seat while travelling over the break. 
 
19 November 2021
Child seat safety webinar
With restrictions starting to lift across Australia, many people are looking forward to packing the car – and the kids – to head away on a well-deserved family holiday this summer.
 
11 November 2021
New research reveals the importance of car seat installation
New research from the Transurban Road Safety Centre at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that forward-facing child car seat restraints are more affected by common types of misuse than rear-facing restraints, potentially leading to greater risks of injury in a crash.