Car Seats and Booster Seats
Child passenger safety tips and education
In Arizona, motor vehicle collisions are the most common cause of preventable deaths of children. Using a safety seat drastically reduces a child's risk of injury or death.
Listen to our public service announcements about how to keep you child safe
Child Passenger Safety (English version)
Child Passenger Safety (En Español)
New from the AAP (April 6, 2009)
Keep your toddler in a rear-facing car seat until age 2 (not 1) (PDF)
From birth to age 13, follow these steps to keep your child passenger safe:
Step 1 - Rear-facing car seats
Infants and toddlers should be in a rear-facing car seat until they are two years old.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends using a rear-facing car seat until the child reaches the upper weight or height limit allowed by the manufacturer (usually 30 - 35 pounds.)
Step 2 - Forward-facing car seats
Children should ride in forward-facing seats when they are:
- 2 years old AND
- weigh between 30 to 40 pounds.
- Some harness systems are approved for over 40 pounds; read your manual.
Step 3 - Booster seats
Children who weigh between 40 and 100 pounds and are under 4 feet 9 inches tall should use a booster seat.
Watch the video
Step 4 - Safety belts
Children who weigh over 80 pounds and more than 4 feet 9 inches tall should wear the safety belts adults use.
All children under 13 years should ride in the back seat.
Download and print more information:
Child passenger safety (English version)
Child passenger safety (Spanish version)
Kids Ride Safe
This program is generously sponsored by:
Program overview:
In Arizona, motor vehicle collisions are the most common cause of preventable deaths of children. Using a safety seat drastically reduces a child's risk of injury or death. The Ride Safe program reaches out to parents about the importance and correct use of car seats, booster seats and restraints. Phoenix Children's partners with "Safe Kids," as well as local fire and police departments to host community car seat checks. Our trained technicians check car seat installations, train parents and, in some cases, distribute donated car seats.
Webinar with Marilyn J. Bull, MD, FAAP; Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Car Safety Seats Webinar: What you need to know to help your patients (registration required)
Car Safety Seat Webinar Handouts (PDF)
Keep Our Planet Neat - Recycle Your Car Seat
On Earth Day, Kids Ride Safe coordinates an annual car seat recycling event. Last year, volunteers dismantled over 300 car seats and recycled all of the plastic, metal and fabric pieces.
Car seats are collected each year in April at various locations. Please hold on to your car seat until Earth Day and help keep our planet neat!
Dowload your Earth Day 2011 Flyer
View Photos of Earth Day, April 22, 2010
Contact us:
(602) 546-0960, option 1
