Child Passenger Safety Week 2022
Child
Passenger Safety Week: September 18-24, 2022
National Seat Check Saturday: September 24, 2022
Car crashes are a leading cause of death for children, according to the latest NHTSA data. A child is involved in a crash while riding in a passenger vehicle, on average, every 25 seconds. When installed correctly, car seats can reduce the risk of fatal injury in a crash by 71% for infants and by 54% for toddlers.
Iowa CPS Program Educational Opportunities:
9/20/22 - Preventing Childhood Injury Conference: A half-day virtual event designed to educate injury prevention advocates on injury prevention strategies and interventions. CPS Community Education offered. Learn more and register at www.blankchildrens.org/ipc
9/21/22 - FMVSS (YES!): Examine Federal Motor Vehile Safety Standards as they apply to child safety seats in a fun and interactive way. 1 CPS CEU offered. Register Here
9/22/22 - CPS: What's New and What's Next: Learn about new CPS and Occupant Protection technology. 1 CPS CEU offered. Register Here
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get your campaign materials now or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/get-materials/child-safety/child-passenger-safety-week. Download these campaign materials and get information on how to generate awareness about child car safety in your community.
On behalf of NHTSA, thanks for your proactive support in child passenger
safety.
