Publisher

Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
unit II/ST 2 - Technics and Road Safety

Accurate title of the publication

Safe car rides - Instructions for the correct use of child safety seats

Kind of publication

Folder

Number of sites

2 sites

Date of issue

2009

Place of publication

Vienna

Abstract

Instructions for the correct use of child safety seats

• Group 0+: For babies with a weight of up to 13 kilogramme
• Group 1: For toddlers with a weight of up 9 to 18 kilogramme
• Groups 2+3: For children with a weight of 15 to 36 kilogramme

A crash at 50 km/h without child safety seat is equivalent to a free fall from a height of 10 meter. A collision at only 15 km/h without child safety seat can be fatal for children. Without a child safety seat, the risk of death is seven times higher than with a child safety seat that has been installed correctly.

Availability of the publication

• online version
  at the end of this webarticle

• print version
  can be ordered :
  BMVIT, unit II/ST 2 - Technics and Road Safety
  e-mail  road.safety@bmvit.gv.at