Do you know if your child is in the right safety seat? While they may be old enough, they still may not weigh enough, or be tall enough to buckle up and skip the booster or car seat.
A news release says National Child Passenger Safety Week is September 23-29.
The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety wants to ensure all caregivers of young children know the importance of buckling children in an appropriate child restraint. Motorists also can expect increased enforcement of Missouri’s child seat safety laws during this campaign.
In 2017, 12 children less than eight years old were killed and 43 suffered injuries as occupants in motor-vehicle crashes in Missouri. Thirty-one percent of the children killed were not restrained in a car seat nor safety belt.
Missouri law requires all children under eight to be in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat, unless: they are at least 80 pounds; or they are at least 4-foot, 9-inches tall. While Missouri law only requires one of them, safety encourages both of them.
For more information on Child Passenger Safety Week, visit saveMOlives.com.